SAT 22 JUN 1940
Franco-German armistice is signed at Compiegne, France. France is divided: one zone is occupied by the Germans; the other administered by the French government from the city of Vichy. Free French government is established in exile in England by General Charles DeGaulle. Among the terms of the armistice is the specification that the French fleet, except portions necessary to safeguard France's colonial interests, will be gathered in French metropolitan ports and demobilized and disarmed under German and Italian control.
Destroyer Dickerson (DD-157) arrives at Bilbao, Spain; she will remain there, safeguarding American interests, until 3 July.
Prince Konoye Fumimaro forms new Japanese cabinet with General Tojo Hideki as Minister of War and Matsuoka Yosuke as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
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