Verdun Forts Fall – 2-3
Two Libyan Forts Taken by British – 3
The International Situation – 4
Egypt Calmly Faces Test of War’s Rigors – 4
Russians on March – 5
Soviet Move Seen Directed at Reich – 6
Man, 79, Hurt in Air Raid, Rome’s First War Victim – 6
Major Sports Yesterday – 6
Description of Nazi Sky Trooper Circulated in England (diagram) – 7
No U.S. Recognition – 8-9
Invasion of Savoy by Italy Reported – 10-11
Spaniards Hopeful of Increasing Gains – 11
Nazis Cross Rhine in Maginot Attack – 12
Can the French Fight On? – 12
Reich Flag Raised over Versailles (by George Axelsson) – 13
The Texts of the Day’s War Communiques – 14
The News of the Week in Review
Hitler’s March: The Conquest of Nine Capitals (map) – 16
Swastika in Paris (international round-up) – 17-19
Twenty News Questions – 19
Answers to Twenty News Questions – 21
Down to the Sea – 22-26
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Marshal Petain to lead France
Sunday, June 16, 1940 www.onwar.com
In France... Reynaud has lost the support of his Cabinet and resigns. Petain is chosen to replace him.
In London... France asks Britain to be released from the obligation not to make a separate peace. In return the British make an offer to establish a state of union between the two countries, but this rather wild scheme is rejected by the French.
On the Western Front... Dijon is taken and to the east Guderian’s units have reached the Saone. The Maginot Line is breached near Colmar in Alsace. On the Channel coast there are more evacuations. From St. Molo during the next two days 21,474 Allied troops are taken off and from Brest 32,584. The evacuations from St. Nazaire and Nantes take three days and carry 57,235 away but over 3000 are lost when the Lancastria is sunk by German bombers.
In Vilnius... A new, pro-Soviet, government is installed in Lithuania.
From Moscow... Similar demands are made of Estonia and Latvia.