captured forces to receive summary execution. June 8 – WWII: British and Free French forces invade Syria. June 13 – TASS, the official Soviet news agency, denies reports of tension between Germany and the Soviet Union. June 14 June deportation: Soviet officials deport about 65,000 people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to Siberia. All German and Italian assets in the United States are frozen. June 16 All German and Italian consulates in the United States are ordered closed, and their staffs to leave the country by July 10. WWII: British Fleet Air Arm aircraft sink the Vichy ship Chevalier Paul. June 18 – The German–Turkish Treaty of Friendship is signed between Nazi Germany and Turkey, in Ankara. June 20 The United States Army Air Corps becomes the United States Army Air Forces, with the earlier name reserved solely for the new USAAF's logistics and training elements. Walt Disney's live-action/animated feature The Reluctant Dragon is released. June 22 WWII: Operation Barbarossa: Nazi Germany (with allies) invades the Soviet Union and declares war on it. Winston Churchill promises all possible British assistance to the Soviet Union in a worldwide broadcast: "Any man or state who fights against Nazidom will have our aid. Any man or state who marches with Hitler is our foe." Italy and Romania declare war on the Soviet Union. WWII: The First Sisak Partisan Brigade, the first anti-fascist armed unit in occupied Europe, is founded by Yugoslav partisans near Sisak, Croatia. June Uprising in Lithuania: A Provisional Government of Lithuania is established by the Lithuanian Activist Front, in an attempt to liberate Lithuania from Soviet occupation. Rapid escalation of the Holocaust in Lithuania: Between now and the end of the year, an estimated 190,000-195,000 out of 210,000 Lithuanian Jews will be massacred, killing an estimated 95% of the nation's Jewish population. Rapid Vienna beats Schalke 04, in the final of the German Fottballchampionship, after 0:3 with 4:3. June 23 – WWII: Hungary and Slovakia declare war on the Soviet Union. June 24 The Soviet Information Bureau, predecessor of RIA Novosti, is founded. Rainiai massacre: Approximately 80 political prisoners are killed by the NKVD in Lithuania. June 25 – WWII: Finland (as a co-belligerent with Germany) attacks the Soviet Union, starting the Continuation War. June 28 – WWII: Albania declares war on the Soviet Union. June 28–30 – The Holocaust: The Iași pogrom takes place, killing "at least 13,266" Romanian