Petain Tried To Aid Fleeing Frenchmen
Madrid advices report Marshal Petain attempted to aid officers to flee unoccupied France before the German invasion but Laval ordered cancellation. Petain then confined officers to barracks in uniform and gendarmerie blocked roads to prevent flight. Gen Weygand was later arrested in Africa as Darlan sped to Africa amid Allied moves.
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William B. Dickinson
London
U.P
Henri Philippe Petain
France
Pierre Laval
Madrid
Charles de Gaulle
Roosevelt
Jean Francois Darlan
Africa
Washington
Berlin
Petain
Eugene Bridoux
Vichy
Laval
Maxime Weygand
Weygand
Germany
Darlan
Algiers
Mark W. Clerk
Japan Masters All Navy Strength For Battle
United States Pacific Fleet reports Japan has concentrated all spare naval strength to meet the U S threat in the Southwest Pacific. Home waters may hold skeleton forces. Watch for further actions in the Solomon Islands with major engagements possible. Leather and shoe supplies are adequate through 1943 per the commerce department.
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Pearl Harbor
Japan
Southwest Pacific
Solomon Islands
Indian Ocean
Siberia
United Press
South Pacific
Truk Island
Solomons
Truk Islands
United States
United States Trans-Pacific
Guadalcanal
Department of Commerce
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