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War Diary for Friday, 13 October 1939

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October 1939

English Channel
U-40 sunk by mine
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945

United Kingdom
Convoy OA 19 departs Southend
Atlantic convoys

Convoy OB 19 departs Liverpool
Atlantic convoys

Gibraltar
Convoy HG 3 departs Gibraltar for Liverpool
Atlantic convoys

Lebanon
Haj Amin, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, flees French supervision in Lebanon disguised as a woman
   Near East during the war years
   Near East Campaigns, 1940-1945: Politics and diplomacy
   Haj Amin el-Husseini

Atlantic Ocean
U-42 sunk in the North Atlantic by convoy escorts
   The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
   Atlantic convoys

French vessel Louisiane sunk by U-48
   The U-Boat war, 1939-1945

Australia
Lieutenant-General Thomas Blamey takes command of Australian 6th Infantry Division
General Sir Thomas Blamey

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: 8
Total entries on file: 60,291
Updated: 21:34 Pacific Time on 15 May 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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