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General Guderian's Panzer groups take Abbeville, threatening Allied forces in the area.
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16773 |
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Oswald Mosley, leader of the pre-war British fascists, is jailed; he and his wife will spend the duration in prison.
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16774 |
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The British make a final decision to cease operations in Norway.
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16775 |
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The Allied forces, British and French alike, retreat to Dunkirk. Hitler orders a halt to the advance of Germans toward the Allied beachhead and allows Goering to use the Luftwaffe to attack. British R.A.F. defends the beachhead.
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16776 |
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Sporadic Luftwaffe bombings in England.
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16777 |
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Boulogne-sur-Mer surrenders to the Germans.
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16778 |
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Soviet Union is preparing a total takeover in the Baltic States organizing and staging conflicts between the Baltic States and the USSR. Soviet government accuses Lithuania of kidnapping Soviet soldiers.
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16779 |
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Calais surrenders to the Germans.
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16780 |
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Operation Dynamo, the Allied evacuation of 340,000 troops from Dunkirk, begins. The move will last until June 3 under ferocious bombardment by the Luftwaffe.
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16781 |
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Belgium surrenders to the Germans; King Leopold III surrenders and is interned.
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16782 |