In Berlin...
Germany announces a counter blockade against Britain, saying that since "economic warfare was forced on her," Germany "is not only able to resist every pressure of blockade and every form of British hunger warfare, but to reply to it with the same methods."
In Germany...
Cipher experts crack the British merchant ship code, identifying convoy meeting points.
British Merchant Ship
In Poland...
The German forces cross the River San north and south of Przemysl, in southeast Poland. The battle on the Bzura continues but the leaders of German Army Group South, Rundstedt and his Chief of Staff, Manstein, are already beginning to assemble reinforcements for German 8th Army. The Polish force at Radom is destroyed with the Germans capturing 60,000 men. The German capture of the industrial area of Upper Silesia is complete.
In Britain...
Churchill begins correspondence with Roosevelt which he signs as "A Naval Person".
In London...
The British cabinet decides no further attempt to bomb Germany by air will be carried out. Meanwhile, plans for the federation of India are postponed indefinitely.
Germany announces a counter blockade against Britain, saying that since "economic warfare was forced on her," Germany "is not only able to resist every pressure of blockade and every form of British hunger warfare, but to reply to it with the same methods."
In Germany...
Cipher experts crack the British merchant ship code, identifying convoy meeting points.
British Merchant Ship
In Poland...
The German forces cross the River San north and south of Przemysl, in southeast Poland. The battle on the Bzura continues but the leaders of German Army Group South, Rundstedt and his Chief of Staff, Manstein, are already beginning to assemble reinforcements for German 8th Army. The Polish force at Radom is destroyed with the Germans capturing 60,000 men. The German capture of the industrial area of Upper Silesia is complete.
In Britain...
Churchill begins correspondence with Roosevelt which he signs as "A Naval Person".
In London...
The British cabinet decides no further attempt to bomb Germany by air will be carried out. Meanwhile, plans for the federation of India are postponed indefinitely.