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Estonia
Soviet aircraft begin openly and repeatedly violating Estonian airspace
   Estonia: Home front and occupation
   Estonia: International relations
   Soviet Union: International relations

Poland
Soviet forces unsuccessfully attacking Grodno
   Polish campaign, 1939
   Polish campaign, 1939: Soviet intervention

Soviet forces unsuccessfully attacking around Lvov overnight
   Polish campaign, 1939
   Polish campaign, 1939: Soviet intervention

German 4th Army conducting gradual withdrawal to line of demarcation and negotiating with Soviet forces for orderly hand-over of positions
   Polish campaign, 1939

German 3rd Army bombarding Warsaw but making no attacks
   Polish campaign, 1939

Remnants of Polish Army Krakow surrender to German 14th Army around Tomaszow
   Polish campaign, 1939

Hitler orders German 14th Army to halt attacks against Lvov, take up defensive positions, and withdraw to the west upon arrival of Soviet troops
   Polish campaign, 1939
   Adolf Hitler

Luftwaffe conducts heavy attacks against Warsaw
   Polish campaign, 1939
   Air operations in the Polish campaign, 1939

Baltic Sea
Kriegsmarine warships conduct minelaying operations
   Naval operations in the Baltic Sea

France
First air engagement between Luftwaffe and RAF
   Phoney War, 1939-1940
   Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944

United Kingdom
British 2nd Infantry Division begins moving to France
   Phoney War, 1939-1940
   Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
   British Expeditionary Force

Polish submarine Wilk arrives
   Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944

Sierra Leone
Convoy SL 1F departs Freetown for Liverpool
   Atlantic convoys

Atlantic Ocean
RN destroyers sink U-27 and capture code documents
   The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
   Signals Intelligence in the Battle of the Atlantic

Australia
Government announces six air squadrons will be formed for overseas service
   Australia: Air forces, airpower, and air operations


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: 15
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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