Picture: Winston Churchill with his first Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax in Downing Street. Later Lord Halifax became the British ambassador in USA, one of the most important positions in these days for the British.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1940

Sea War Mediterranean: Greek sub Papanicolis sinks Italian transport off Albania.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1940

Air War: Italian aircraft raid Corfu for twenty-third time (15 killed).

Picture: Italian SM81 bombers on the way to a target in Greece.

Sea War Atlantic: Admiral Hipper attacks large British troop convoy west of Cape Finisterre, damaging 2 ships and escorting cruiser Berwick.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1940

Air War: RAF daylight raids on airfields in Brittany; night raid on Bordeaux.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1940

Air War over Britain: Night raids on London by 100 aircraft.

Picture: The last moment of a hit Heinkel He111 bomber - a few seconds later this aircraft was exploding over London.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1940

Secret War: The Gelsenkirchen Report: RAF photo-reconaissance misson of Ruhr synthetic oil plant, flown December 24, shows it not destroyed.

Picture: An Bleinheim IV reconaissance plane was landing after it's mission. The reconaissance photos were unloading immediately.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1940

Air War over Britain: (MAIN EVENT) SECOND GREAT FIRE OF LONDON. 136 aircraft drop 30,000 incendiaries - great conflagration in 'City' area; Guildhall and 8 Wren churches gutted.

Picture: Devastations in London after a fire air raid.