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History on the 16th of July 1940

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16 Jul 1940 WW2 Vichy France revoked the French citizenship of naturalized Jews. Meanwhile, in German-occupied Alsace-Lorraine, 22,000 French citizens were forcibly deported to France. 
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16 Jul 1940 WW2 Adolf Hitler issued Führer Directive 16 for the preparation of an invasion plan for southern Britain in mid-Aug. 
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16 Jul 1940 WW2 British submarine HMS Phoenix attacked Italian torpedo boat Albatros southeast of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea, with all torpedoes missing their target. Albatros responded with torpedoes of her own, sinking HMS Phoenix and killing the entire crew of 55. 
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16 Jul 1940 WW2 German armed merchant cruiser Thor sank British ship Wendover in the South Atlantic, killing 4 and capturing 36 civilian crew and 1 Royal Navy gunner. 
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16 Jul 1940 WW2 German submarine U-61 torpedoed British tanker Scottish Minstrel 130 miles northwest of Ireland, killing 9; 32 were later rescued by corvette HMS Gardenia. With her cargo of 9,200 tons of fuel oil burning, the tanker would remain afloat for another day before sinking. 
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16 Jul 1940 WW2 Vichy France de-naturalized its Jewish citizens. 
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16 Jul 1940 WW2 British destroyer Whaddon was launched. 
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16 Jul 1940 WW2 The keel of British destroyer Dulverton was laid down. 
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16 Jul 1940 WW2 The keel of British submarine Saracen was laid down. 
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16 Jul 1940 WW2 Hugh Dalton was appointed the political chief of the British Special Operations Executive. 
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16 Jul 1940 WW2 Italian bombers attacked the British base at Haifa, British Mandate of Palestine. 
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16 Jul 1940 WW2 British and Australian warships bombarded Bardia, Libya. 
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16 Jul 1940 WW2 Spanish agents met with the Duke of Windsor, the former King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, and warned him that his fellow countrymen were sending him to be the governor of the Bahamas to remove him from power. 
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16 Jul 1940 WW2 54 Japanese aircraft based in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China attacked Chongqing, China in two waves; 31 Chinese fighters (I-15bis, I-16, and Hawk III models) rose to intercept, claiming damage on several bombers. 
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16 Jul 1940 WW2 British destroyer HMS Imogen collided with cruiser HMS Glasgow in heavy fog off Pentland Firth and Duncansby Head, in northern Scotland, United Kingdom. She caught fire and was later abandoned, drifting 20 miles before sinking; 17 were killed and 133 were rescued. HMS Glasgow saw 2 killed and suffered a 6-foot hole above the waterline; she would be under repair at Liverpool, England, United Kingdom until 4 Sep. 
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16 Jul 1940 WW2 Low cloud, fog, and heavy rain kept German aircraft grounded until the early afternoon. In the mid-afternoon, German bombers crossed the English Channel. One German Ju 88 bomber was shot down over the Isle of Wight by Spitfire fighters of No. 601 Squadron, and one German He 111 bomber was shot down in northeastern Scotland, United Kingdom during the bombing of Fraserburgh and Peterhead by Spitfire fighters of No. 603 Squadron. 
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