German attack on the Tobruk is repulsed. Deputy Fuehrer Rudolph Hess flies to Scotland. Sinking of the British ship by the Bismarck. Sinking of the Bismarck by the British Navy. Pro-Allied government installed in Iraq.
Allies invade Syria and Lebanon.
United States freezes German and Italian assets in America. Germany attacks Soviet Union as Operation Barbarossa begins. Jun. Nazi SS Einsatzgruppen begin mass murder Jun. 28. Germans capture Minsk. Stalin calls for a scorched earth policy Jul. 10.