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In Pretoria... The peace resolution introduced into the South African Parliament by the opposition leader General Hertzog is defeated by 81 votes to 59. In his speech to Parliament, Hertzog openly supported Hitler. The pro-British prime minister, General Jan Smuts, likens the speech, of his former Boer comrade-in-arms, to a chapter of Mein Kampf. He says, "Goebbels could not have done it better."
In Germany... The German plans for invading Norway are put on a more formal basis with the allocation of the code name Weserubung.
In Baltimore... The American transport City of Flint arrives back at her home port following her adventures in the Baltic.
In Britain... Churchill (uneasy at the slow increase in war production) speaks at Free Trade Hall, Manchester: "each to our station... there is not a week, nor a day, nor and hour to be lost!" He also says he is puzzled and worried about the "phoney war" and wonders why Britain has not been bombed yet. The speech is broadcast to the dominions and the United States.
In Germany... The German plans for invading Norway are put on a more formal basis with the allocation of the code name Weserubung.
In Baltimore... The American transport City of Flint arrives back at her home port following her adventures in the Baltic.
In Britain... Churchill (uneasy at the slow increase in war production) speaks at Free Trade Hall, Manchester: "each to our station... there is not a week, nor a day, nor and hour to be lost!" He also says he is puzzled and worried about the "phoney war" and wonders why Britain has not been bombed yet. The speech is broadcast to the dominions and the United States.