[Homer_J_Simpson]

Back-to-back Pan-American conference headlines. I feel our readership slipping away. I never heard about any German plot to take over American colonies. Could this be a ruse drummed up by a certain third-term seeking president to manufacture public support for a more active U.S. involvement in the war?

Nazi Rule Barred – 2
Poles and British Sign Military Pact – 2
The International Situation – 3
Britain Announces Drop in Sea Losses – 3
Nazis Are Infuriated by Halifax; Threaten an Immediate Invasion – 4-5
Day’s War Communiques - 5

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1940/jul40/f24jul40.htm

Germans sink the Meknes

Wednesday, July 24, 1940 www.onwar.com

In the English Channel... The steamer Meknes, carrying 1277 French sailors to Marseilles, is sunk by the German motor torpedo boat S-27 off the coast of Portland, England. A total of 383 on board are killed.

In Bucharest... The Romanian government nationalizes the Astra-Romana Oil Company (part of the Royal Dutch/Shell Oil Company).

[Vermont Lt]

I had never heard of the thought to assume control of the colonies. I had never considered what would have become of Canada, for example, if Britain had fallen. (I assume that would have remained pretty much as it was—but not the colonies of Central and South America.)

Would have been interesting to see the Nazis try to come into French Guiana in 1940...

[Homer_J_Simpson]