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Chamberlain resigns from War Cabinet
Thursday, October 3, 1940 www.onwar.com
In London... Neville Chamberlain resigns his position in the War Cabinet. His offices are taken up by Herbert Morrison, Lord President of the Council, and Sir John Anderson, Home Secretary. Kingsley Wood and Bevin are brought into the War Cabinet.
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October 3rd, 1940
UNITED KINGDOM: Battle of Britain:
A single Ju 88 hits the de Havilland factory at Hatfield, destroying the Technical School and assembly shop where much of the work for the early Mosquitoes was promptly destroyed, before the bomber was brought down by light AA.
In the night London is bombed again. The main hangar at General Aircraft’s Feltham works, where Hurricanes were being repaired, was damaged.
Losses: Luftwaffe, 9; RAF, 1.
RAF Bomber Command: Seven RAF bombers make daylight raids on Rotterdam, Dunkirk and Cherbourg. Last night 81 bombed targets in Germany, Eindhoven airfield and the Channel ports.
Westminster: Chamberlain resigns on grounds of ill health; Kingsley-Wood and Ernest Bevin join the war cabinet.
Herbert Morrison today becomes Home Secretary and Minister of Home Security. He announces plans to install a million bunks and sanitation in the shelters and tube stations of London.
Corvette HMS Hyacinth commissioned.
Corvette HMS Freesia launched. (Dave Shirlaw)
VICHY FRANCE: Jews are banned from public employment and the army.
GERMANY: U-76 launched. (Dave Shirlaw)
POLAND: Warsaw: All Jews are ordered to move into the Jewish district.
CANADA: Minesweeper HMCS Clayoquot launched Prince Rupert, British Columbia.
Minesweeper HMCS Rimouski launched Lauzon, Province of Quebec. (Dave Shirlaw)
U.S.A.: Baseball.
Navy Department orders all dependents in the Far East be sent home. Hart ordered to keep this secret.
Lieutenant-Colonel George Patton is promoted to general. (Marc James Small)