It has been 10 weeks since the last factory workers have left Kharkov for the East. In German-occupied France, British and Free French agents are hard at work, setting up resistance circles and escape routes for Allied PoWs. However, on this day, a British deserter from the time of Dunkirk, Sgt. Harold Cole, helps the Germans break one of the principal lines. As a result of Cole's treachery, more than 50 of those who had helped maintain the line are arrested and shot.
Japanese troops occupy Bangkok, Thailand's capital.
Thailand promptly signs an alliance with Japan. The Japanese make more landings on the Thai coast, heading into north Malaya, through dense jungles, to Singapore. The only two confronting nations not at war are Germany and the United States. Adolf Hitler, enroute to Berlin, tells his advisors that Franklin D. Roosevelt will do all he can to avoid a two-ocean war. Even so, he orders Nazi U-Boats to attack American shipping off the East Coast.