August 10th, 1941 (SUNDAY)
UNITED KINGDOM:
London: Britain and the USSR promise to go to
the assistance of Turkey in the event of an attack by any European power. In identical
statements presented to the Turkish foreign office by their ambassadors, the two Allies
have also pledged themselves to "observe the territorial integrity of the Turkish
republic."
The statements are seen as counters to German propaganda that Russia would take advantage
of Turkey and invade should the latter enter the war.
U.S.S.R.: U-451 sank SKR-27 Zhemchug.
U-144 sunk in Gulf of Finland north of Dagö, in approximate position 59N, 23E, by torpedoes from the Russian submarine SC-307. 28 dead (all hands lost).
Soviet submarine mined and sunk
near Vladivostok.
NEWFOUNDLAND: The
Atlantic Charter Conference between U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill continues for a second day in Placentia
Bay. Roosevelt boards the destroyer USS McDougal (DD-358) and is transported to
religious services in the battleship HMS Prince of Wales as a guest of
Churchill. After inspecting the topsides of the British battleship, the
President returns in McDougal to heavy cruiser USS Augusta (CA-31); that night,
the President hosts the Prime Minister at dinner.
SOUTH AMERICA: Plots to stage pro-Nazi coups are uncovered in Argentina, Cuba and Chile.