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History on the 27th of May 1940

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27 May 1940 WW2 The British sugar ration was reduced from 12 ounce to 8 ounce per person. 
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27 May 1940 WW2 The British government abandoned the notion to introduce conscription to Northern Ireland. 
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27 May 1940 WW2 German tanks and aircraft maintained pressure on the Allies in France, pushing them back four miles toward the coast and placing Dunkirk within artillery range; meanwhile, the first 7,669 British troops were evacuated from Dunkirk. 
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27 May 1940 WW2 Troops of the German 3rd SS Panzer Totenkopf Division, commanded by Hauptsturmführer Fritz Knöchlein, massacred 97 British prisoners of war by machine gun fire at the village of Le Paradis in France. Two survivors of the massacre would later provide testimony during the post-war war crimes trials against Knöchlein. 
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27 May 1940 WW2 German submarine U-37 sank British ship Sheaf Mead 150 miles west of Cape Finisterre, Spain; 32 men were killed and 5 were rescued. U-37 also forced the Argentinian ship Uruguay to scuttle; 15 men became missing and presumed dead, and 13 were rescued. 
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27 May 1940 WW2 Erwin Rommel was awarded the Knight Cross medal. 
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27 May 1940 WW2 Werner Mölders claimed his 19th and 20th victories southwest of Amiens, France; the victims were both P-36 fighters. 
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27 May 1940 WW2 British General Edmund Ironside stepped down from the position of the Chief of the Imperial General Staff. 
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27 May 1940 WW2 James Lacey shot down two German He 111 bombers. 
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27 May 1940 WW2 King Leopold III of Belgium offered surrender terms to Germany and decided to remain in the country. Germany responded at 2200 hours, demanding an unconditional surrender. 
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27 May 1940 WW2 Japanese bombers attacked Chongqing, China in three waves. 
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