The war was marching day by day to expansion, with day seeing several steps.
German troops arrived in Finland to stage for Operation Barbarossa, having received permission from the Finns just the prior day. The Finns were by this time aware of the intended German invasion and for their part were planning on participating in it to the extent that they could recover territory lost in the recent Winter War, a goal far different and far short of what the Germans were preparing for.
On the same day, Hitler issued the order proclaiming that any Commissar captured by German forces in the upcoming invasion of the Soviet Union were to be executed immediately. A prior set of instructions already had made it plain that Commissars were to be executed and that Jews were equated with Commissars and likewise to be given lethal consideration.
Also on this day, President Roosevelt signed a statute that allowed the US to seize foreign ships "idling" in American ports and selling them. The same day was an extremely heavy one for Axis submarines.
Louis Chevrolet, founder of the Chevrolet automobile manufacturing company, and a Swiss born race car driver died at age 62. He had been ill for some time. His company had merged with General Motors decades prior.
The symbol used on Chevrolet automobiles is a stylized outline of the borders of Switzerland.
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