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Soviet Union
Western military districts begin mobilization
   Polish campaign, 1939: Politics and diplomacy
   Polish campaign, 1939: Soviet intervention

Poland
Kriegsmarine battleship Schleswig-Holstein bombards Polish Westerplatte fortress
   Polish campaign, 1939
   Polish campaign, 1939: Naval operations

German 1st Border Command captures Polish Westerplatte fortress
   Polish campaign, 1939

German 3rd Army crossing the Narew River and in pursuit toward the Bug River
   Polish campaign, 1939

German 4th Army attacking around Torun
   Polish campaign, 1939

German 8th Army encircling Lodz
   Polish campaign, 1939

1st Panzer Division and 4th Panzer Division of German 10th Army pushing rapidly toward Warsaw from the south
   Polish campaign, 1939

German 14th Army advancing toward the San River
   Polish campaign, 1939

Marshal Rydz-Smigly moves Polish GHQ to Brest-Litovsk
   Polish campaign, 1939

Polish government and many foreign diplomatic personnel begin moving from Warsaw to Naleczow
   Polish campaign, 1939
   Polish campaign, 1939: Politics and diplomacy

Germany
Aboard his headquarters train, Hitler insists the Allies will not attack in the West
   International relations: Outbreak of war in Europe
   Polish campaign, 1939: Politics and diplomacy
   Phoney War, 1939-1940
   Adolf Hitler

France
French patrols advance into undefended German territory
   Phoney War, 1939-1940

United Kingdom
Lord Gort appointed commander of British Expeditionary Force
   Phoney War, 1939-1940
   British Expeditionary Force
   Field Marshal Lord Gort

Convoy OA 1 departs the Downs
   Atlantic convoys

Convoy OB 1 departs Liverpool
   Atlantic convoys

Egypt
Under strong British pressure to declare war, Egyptian government severs relations with Germany, declares state of siege, and arrests German nationals
   Egypt: Home front and occupation

Atlantic Ocean
British vessel Pukkastan sunk by U-34
   The U-Boat war, 1939-1945

British vessel Olivegrove sunk by U-33
   The U-Boat war, 1939-1945

British vessel Gartavon sunk by U-47
   The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
   U-47

Manchukuo
General Ueda, commanding Japanese Kwantung Army, relieved of his post, recalled to Japan, and forced into retirement
   Russo-Japanese Incident, 1939


Dates are local to the time zone in which the event occurred, but discrepancies and inconsistencies abound throughout the sources, especially when events ocurred shortly before or after midnight.

Entries on file for this date: 20
Total entries on file: 60,294
Updated: 20:42 Pacific Time on 17 June 2013

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Principal sources for this War Diary
Alden. U.S. Submarine Attacks during World War II
Argyle. Chronology of World War II
Brown. Warship Losses of World War Two
Browning. US Merchant Vessel Casualties of World War II
Carter and Mueller. Combat Chronology, 1941-1945
Cressman. The Official Chronology of the US Navy in World War II
Edelheit and Edelheit. A World in Turmoil
Foreman. Fighter Command War Diaries (five volumes)
Goralski. World War II Almanac, 1931-1945
Hague. The Allied Convoy System
Hammel. Air War Europa
Hammel. Air War Pacific
Hauner. Hitler: A Chronology of His Life and Time
Kay. Chronology: New Zealand in the War, 1939-1946
Middlebrook and Everitt. Bomber Command War Diaries
Niestle. German U-Boat Losses during World War II
Rohwer. Allied Submarine Attacks of World War Two
Rohwer. Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two
Rohwer. Chronology of the War at Sea
Salmaggi and Pallavisini. 2194 Days of War
Sommerville. World War II Day by Day
Swain. A Chronology of Australian Armed Forces at War, 1939-45
Taylor. Barbarossa to Berlin (two volumes)
Williams. Chronology, 1941-1945
Young. Britain's Sea War

Various other Chronology volumes also served as sources.

Many additional volumes were consulted for specific topics.
 

 

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