British & Commonwealth forces complete the withdrawal from Crete.

Romania 1-4 Germany, Stadionul Anef, Bucharest

Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met at the Brenner Pass once again. During the five-hour conference, Hitler ranted about Rudolf Hess and other recent events but kept Mussolini in the dark about the upcoming invasion of the Soviet Union. However, major Italian troop movements in the Balkans around this time suggest that the Italian government was likely aware of Hitler's intentions anyway. Mussolini reportedly told Count Ciano after the meeting, "I wouldn't be at all sorry if Germany in her war with Russia got her feathers plucked

Hitler received Japanese ambassador Hiroshi Ōshima at the Berghof and informed him of the plan to attack the Soviet Union

British intelligence intercepted Ambassador Ōshima's coded message which included considerable details of Germany's plan to attack the USSR.

Kaiser William II, formerly German Emperor, dies in exile in the Netherlands.

The United States landed 4,000 marines in Iceland to replace the British garrison.

Craig Wood won the US Open.

Wartime Football International: Wales 2-3 England, Ninian Park, Cardiff

Vichy French-controlled Syria and Lebanon are invaded by Australian, British, Free French, and British Indian forces.

Luftwaffe units began deploying near the Soviet border.

Soviets begin deporting Lithuanians to Siberia. Deportations continue for five days and total of 35,000 Lithuanians, among them 7000 Jews.

All German and Italian assets in the United States are frozen.

10,100 people from Estonia, 15,000 from Latvia and 34,000 (or 35,000, starting a day earlier from Lithuania are deported to Siberia by the Soviet Union.

British Operation Battleaxe attempts and fails to relieve the Siege of Tobruk. The British are heavily defeated at Halfaya Pass nicknamed "Hell-fire pass"

Football International: Germany 5-1 Croatia, Praterstadion, Vienna

All German and Italian consulates in the United States are ordered closed and their staffs to leave the country by July 10.

World Bantamweight Boxing Title Lou Salica (USA) beat Tommy Forte (USA) Pts 15, Shibe Park, Philadelphia.

World Heavyweight Boxing Title Joe Louis (USA) beat Billy Conn (USA) Ko 13, Polo Grounds, New York City.

German Light-Heavyweight Boxing Title Heinz Seidler (Germany) beat Charles Rutz (Germany) Pts 12, Polizeistadion, Mitte, Berlin.

Operation Barbarossa: Germany invades the Soviet Union. A three-pronged operation aimed at Leningrad, Moscow, and the southern oil fields of the Caucasus, ending the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. Romania invades the southwestern border areas of the Soviet Union in Europe on the side of Germany.

German Football Championship Final: Rapid Vienna 4-3 Schalke 04, Olympic Stadium, Berlin.

Hitler first arrives at his headquarters at Rastenburg, East Prussia, codenamed "Wolf's Lair"

German forces enter Vilnius. Lithuanian militiamen go on a shooting spree, killing dozens of Jews on the streets, with civilian spectators cheering them on. The Germans kidnap 60 Jewish "hostages" and 30 Poles. Only 6 return

The Soviet Union bombs Helsinki. Finland pronounces a state of war between Finland and the Soviet Union. Continuation war is started.

Hungary and Slovakia declare war on the Soviet Union.

Huge German encirclement of 300,000 Red Army troops near Minsk and Białystok.

Finnish and German troops begin Operation Arctic Fox against the Soviet Union.

Clothes rationing began in the United Kingdom