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| War Diary for Wednesday, 20 September 1939 |
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Soviet aircraft begin openly and repeatedly violating Estonian airspace Estonia: Home front and occupation Estonia: International relations Soviet Union: International relations 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 Kriegsmarine warships conduct minelaying operations Naval operations in the Baltic Sea First air engagement between Luftwaffe and RAF Phoney War, 1939-1940 Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944 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 Convoy SL 1F departs Freetown for Liverpool Atlantic convoys RN destroyers sink U-27 and capture code documents The U-Boat war, 1939-1945 Signals Intelligence in the Battle of the Atlantic 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
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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