Marshal Pétain announced that fighting must cease and
that through the Spanish government he had approached Adolf
Hitler to conclude, an honourable peace.
Mussolini left Rome to meet Adolf
Hitler and discuss these terms.
German high command did not agree to an armistice, and the
battle continued on the whole front, particularly along Middle
Loire. Violent fighting at Orleans, and in the region of La
Charite. East of Loire German troops made progress beyond
Autun. Germans entered Dijon. Further east they crossed the
Doubs and claimed to have reached the Swiss frontier southeast
of Besancon. Later, they claimed that the fortress at Metz
had surrendered.
The British Royal Air Force (RAF) heavily bombed military
objectives especially oil supplies, over a wide area in the
Rhineland, Ruhr and North West Germany. Further raids by the
British Royal Air Force (RAF) on Massawa, Eritrea.
South African Airforce attacked Bardera and Neghelli.
Italians again raided Malta.
Russian forces occupied Latvia and Estonia, governments of
both countries having resigned.
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