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News:
CBS: Elmer Davis And The News (excerpt highlighted
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May
30, 1940 (8:55 PM)
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| 1).
The Battle of Flanders still goes on. Germans
claim the entire coastal situation will be
cleaned up by the end of the week. Dunkirk
is still held by British Marines but German
air raids have done damage. Some troops are
starting to be withdrawn across the channel.
The attack on England no longer seems quite
so certain. Germans claim their POWs are being
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2). Italy and Spain may enter the war very
soon.
3).
The Civilian Defense Council in America
held its first meeting. FDR to ask for more
defense appropriations.
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Timeline:
May 30, 1940
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| Belgian Ministers
hold a Cabinet meeting in Limoges, France.
They declare that it is impossible for the
King to reign, due to being under the power
of German invaders. |
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