<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mw8Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>: <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascist_Italy_(1922–1943)" id="mw8g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Fascist Italy (1922–1943)">Fascist Italy</a> declares war on France and the United Kingdom, beginning an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_invasion_of_France" id="mw8w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Italian invasion of France">invasion of southern France</a>.<sup about="#mwt46" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-6"}}' id="cite_ref-6" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./June_10#cite_note-6" id="mw9A" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 6;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw9Q">[6]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt50" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-7"}}' id="cite_ref-7" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./June_10#cite_note-7" id="mw9g" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 7;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw9w">[7]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-6"><cite about="#mwt43" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFThomas1999">Thomas, David Arthur (1999). <i id="mwB4Y">Malta Convoys 1940-42: The Struggle at Sea</i>. Barnsley, UK: Leo Cooper. c. 1, para. 5. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwB4c" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwB4g" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/0850526639" id="mwB4k" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/0850526639"><bdi id="mwB4o">0850526639</bdi></a>.</cite><span about="#mwt43" class="Z3988" id="mwB4s" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Malta+Convoys+1940-42%3A+The+Struggle+at+Sea&amp;rft.place=Barnsley%2C+UK&amp;rft.pages=c.+1%2C+para.+5&amp;rft.pub=Leo+Cooper&amp;rft.date=1999&amp;rft.isbn=0850526639&amp;rft.aulast=Thomas&amp;rft.aufirst=David+Arthur&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJune+10"></span></span>