19 July 1940
War at Sea
HMAS Sydney sinks the Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni
Occupied Europe
Denmark leaves the League of Nations
Great Britain
General Sir Alan Brooke appointed Commander-in-Chief of Home Forces
How to cite this article: Rickard, J (28 December 2007), 19 July 1940, https://www.historyofwar.org/secondworldwar/date/1940_07_19.html