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History on the 25th of June 1940

History
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25 Jun 1940 WW2 An act by the United States Congress abolished the US Navy Construction Corps. 
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25 Jun 1940 WW2 Destroyer USS O'Brien departed Buenos Aires, Argentina for Rio Grande du Sol, Brazil. 
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25 Jun 1940 WW2 The Franco-German Armistice, signed on 22 Jun, took effect at 0030 hours. After fighting ceased, French losses totaled 92,000 killed, 250,000 wounded, and 1,500,000 captured. British losses were 68,111 killed, wounded, or captured. German losses were 29,640 killed and 133,573 wounded and missing. Italian losses were 631 killed, 4,782 wounded, and 616 missing. France declared a National day of mourning, while Hitler ordered the flying of flags and pealing of bells in Germany to celebrate "the most glorious victory of all time". 
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25 Jun 1940 WW2 After the Germans made the French surrender at Compiègne, France, the site of the German surrender in 1918, Adolf Hitler ordered the site destroyed, including the rail car used for both 1918 and 1940 surrenders. The statue of Marshal Ferdinand Foch was spared. 
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25 Jun 1940 WW2 German submarine U-51 attacked Allied convoy OA-172 about 370 miles west of Land's End in southwestern England between 1545 and 1930 hours, sinking British steamer Windsorwood (all 40 survived) and British tanker Saranac (4 killed, 39 survived). 
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25 Jun 1940 WW2 Canadian destroyers HMCS Fraser and HMCS Restigouche and British cruiser HMS Calcutta were sent to evacuate 4,000 Allied troops near Bordeaux, France. En route, in rough seas and poor visibility, HMCS Fraser collided with HMS Calcutta. The smaller Canadian destroyer broke into three pieces and sank. 47 of Fraser's crew and 19 of Calcutta's crew were killed. 
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25 Jun 1940 WW2 British Minister of Health Malcolm MacDonald returned to Dublin, Ireland with a proposal from Winston Churchill for a joint union between Eire and Ulster to afford sanctruary for British troops and Irish ports for Royal Navy use. 
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25 Jun 1940 WW2 The Franco-German armistice became effective, officially ending all hostilities. 
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25 Jun 1940 WW2 Lord Gort departed Britain by flying boat for Rabat, French Morocco to speak with French ministers; political situations would prevent him from successfully meeting with the French. 
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25 Jun 1940 WW2 Isolationist advertising appeared in the American newspaper New York Times; Germany secretly funded this advertising. 
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25 Jun 1940 WW2 Working together with the Germans, Spain agreed to assist with the German attempt to detain the Duke of Windsor, the former King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom. 
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25 Jun 1940 WW2 Pierre François Boisson was named the Governor-General of French West Africa. 
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25 Jun 1940 WW2 Wolfgang Falck arrived at Düsseldorf, Germany. 
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