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4 Divisions Called – 2
Commands Called to Duty – 3
The International Situation – 4
320 Landed Safely – 5
Berlin Unscathed in Raid, Nazis Say – 6
Soviet Pressure Seen upon Finnish Policy – 6
Two Big Attacks Halted by British – 7
Nazis Complete Tests for Invasion; English-Type Houses Were Built – 8
133 British Planes Claimed by Berlin – 8
The Defense of Britain – 9
R.A.F. Sends Nazis to Berlin Cellar Parties; Dress Strictly Informal at ‘Lights Out Club’ – 9
Labor Called Ready to Fight an Invader – 9
Texts of the Day’s War Communiques – 10

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http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1940/sep40/f02sep40.htm

US gives surplus destroyers to Britain

Monday, September 2, 1940 www.onwar.com

In Washington... Following the agreement made in July and later detailed negotiations, a deal is now ratified between Britain and the USA by which Britain gets 50 old destroyers, veterans of World War I, but desperately needed for escort work, in return for bases granted to the United States in the West Indies and Bermuda. Considerable modification will be necessary to make the ships ready for service.

Over Britain... The German attacks on the British airfields continue.

In the Mediterranean... Admiral Cunningham’s fleet is reinforced by the battleship Valiant and the carrier Illustrious from Gibraltar. He now has three battleships and two carriers. The composition of the Gibraltar based Force H varies greatly from time to time because of the uncertainty regarding the behavior of the French Fleet. The Italians now have five battleships in commission, including two modern ships.