The I25 followed up on the action by the I26 of yesterday's date and shelled Ft. Stevens, Oregon, at the mouth of the Columbia River. It failed to hit anything. Ft. Stevens did not return fire for a variety of reasons, including the problems of firing at night, worrying about whether the fire was simply from a reconnaissance mission, and a concern that the guns mounts made firing on the I25 impossible.
The failure to return fire caused the Army to start reevaluating coastal artillery.
The I25 was sunk by the US the following year.
Tobruk fell to the Afrika Korps, with the Germans taking over 25,000 prisoners of war. Rommel was rewarded with the Field Marshall's baton on the same day.
The temperature in Tirat Zvi Palestine, now Israel, reached 129.2 F, which remains the record for that location.
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