Situation on Western front between Cambria and the Somme very
confused. In their drive towards Channel ports, advanced German
forces reached Amiens and Arras.
Germans also claimed to be in Abbeville and to have defeated
the French ninth Army and captured its commander, General
Giraud.
Intense activity of all air forces, British Royal Air Force
(RAF) bomber and fighter aircraft continuously engaged in
operations over fronts in Belgium and northern France.
The British Admiralty announced that the cruiser HMS Effingham
had been lost after striking an uncharted rock of Norway.
Also that the minelayer, HMS Princess Victoria had been sunk
by an enemy mine.
M26 Minesweeper
Launched 21 May 1940
Go To: 22nd
May
Articles:
France Cannot Die!
The Second Great War.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
The War Illustrated.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
2194 Days Of War.
ISBN-10: 086136614X
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