RAF Short Stirling bomber N6101 of No 1651 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF, Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, Apr 1942 (Imperial War Museum: TR 35) 85 Years Ago—Feb. 10, 1941: Adm. François Darlan becomes Vice President of the Council (deputy prime minister) of the French State (Vichy France), as well as foreign minister, minister of information, and minister of the navy. RAF Short Stirling heavy bombers are first used in combat, in a raid on German-occupied Rotterdam in the Netherlands. First British airborne mission: paratroops drop into Calabria, Italy, where they will destroy the Tragino Aqueduct the next day.The post Today in World War II History—February 10, 1941 first appeared on Sarah Sundin.