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U.K.

- A retreat on all fronts begins. The French encircle a British garrison at Amiens, who refuse to surrender. They are abandoned by the rest of the British Army, who continue to withdraw. Most of Saint-Quentin is destroyed when the British burn their leftover ammunition to try and stop the French from getting them, but the fire spreads.

- The Royal Airforce steps up on its bombing, using carpet-bombing techniques on French factories and airfields to combat the development of the new plane.

- The BBC launches the world’s first television service.

- British scientists develop the handheld radio “the Walkie-Talkie”

- The Royal Navy at Newfoundland and Taiwan are called over to assist in what will probably be a mass-evacuation.