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Iraqi 6th Infantry Brigade launched unsuccessful counterattack on British at Falluja
General Freyberg orders a retreat to a shorter defensive line
The Royal Navy suffers heavy loses around Crete with the sinking of the cruisers Gloucester and Fiji. The battleships Warspite and Valiant are also damaged