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• Scirè's mission to attack Grand Harbour, Malta was canceled. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• German troops captured Minsk, Byelorussia, encircling 27 Soviet Army divisions in the process. ww2dbase [Main Article | TH]
• Albania declared war on the Soviet Union. ww2dbase [TH]

• Fleet tender Hai sustained some damage by Soviet aircraft in the Baltic Sea. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Joachim von Ribbentrop sent a message to the Japanese embassy in Berlin, Germany, asking the Japanese to jointly invade the Soviet Union by tearing up the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact and attack Vladivostok, Russia. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• Chen Jie submitted a letter to the German government, noting the long standing friendly Sino-German relationship, urging Germany to abandon its wish to recognize the Japanese puppet regime in China under Wang Jingwei. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• The Soviet NKVD, NKGB, and the Chief Prosecutor Office signed a top secret joint order to coordinate the investigation of traitors. ww2dbase [CPC]

• The keel of submarine Wahoo was laid down at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | CPC]
• The keel of submarine Whale was laid down at Mare Island Navy Yard in Vallejo, California, United States. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | CPC]

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