1940, 7 July: West Africa
Following yesterdays attack on Oran, British forces attack the French battleship Richelieu in port at Dakar.
1940, 10 July: Madagascar
The German official in charge of Jewish affairs, Franz Rademacher, has proposed in his study "The Jewish Question after the Peace Treaty" that the four million Jews living in German occupied territory should be transported to the island of Madagascar at the end of the war. France, who had colonised Madagascar in 1895, would be compensated for the loss of territory.
1940, 30 July
All French colonies in Africa are designated as enemy territory by Britain, ports may be placed under naval blockade.
