Battle Of Britain: Thursday the 11th of July 1940

Germany
Luftwaffe announces it can defeat the Royal Air Force within a month
   Germany: Air forces, airpower, and air operations
   Battle of Britain, 1940

RAF Bomber Command sends aircraft to attack various targets by day and night
   Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
   Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
   Bomber Command: Operations and missions

Netherlands
RAF Bomber Command sends aircraft to attack various targets by day and night
   Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
   Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
   Bomber Command: Operations and missions

France
Marshal Petain assumes complete power in Vichy France as "Head of the French State"
   France: Home front and occupation
   Vichy France
   Marshal Henri-Philippe Petain

Petain appoints a Council of Ministers consisting of twelve members with Laval as vice-premier
   France: Home front and occupation
   Vichy France
   Marshal Henri-Philippe Petain
   Pierre Laval

In a radio broadcast, Petain announces that he has assumed all executive and legislative powers
   France: Home front and occupation
   Vichy France
   Marshal Henri-Philippe Petain

RAF Bomber Command sends aircraft to attack airfields
   Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
   Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
   Bomber Command: Operations and missions

English Channel
British vessel Mallard sunk by Kriegsmarine S-boats
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944

Channel Islands
British commando raid
Commando and special operations in Europe, Africa, and the Near East
Channel Islands: Occupation, collaboration, and resistance

United Kingdom
Three Luftwaffe raids against ports and shipping intercepted by RAF fighters
   Battle of Britain, 1940
   Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944

432 Fighter Command daylight sorties with 4 RAF fighters lost and 20 Luftwaffe losses
   Battle of Britain, 1940
   Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
   Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions

Campaign to collect scrap aluminum for building aircraft
   United Kingdom: Home front and occupation

Convoy OB 182 departs Liverpool
   Atlantic convoys

Mediterranean
RN destroyer Escort sunk by Italian submarine Marconi
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942

Panamanian vessel Beme sunk by Italian submarine Tarantini
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942

Sierra Leone
Convoy SL 39F departs Freetown for Liverpool
Atlantic convoys

Atlantic Ocean
Norwegian vessel Janna sunk by U-34
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945

United States
William Franklin Knox becomes Secretary of the Navy in the Roosevelt administration
United States: Navies, seapower, and naval operations
United States: Politics

Canada
Convoy HX 57 departs Halifax for Liverpool
Atlantic convoys

Indian Ocean
British vessel City of Bagdad sunk by German raider Atlantis
   Naval operations in the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal
   German merchant raiders and their supply ships
   Atlantis

Battle Of Britain