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War Diary for Tuesday, 17 October 1939

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October 1939

Finland
Mannerheim designated Finnish Commander-in-Chief in the event of war
   Russo-Finnish War, 1939-1940: Politics and diplomacy
   Finland: Home front and occupation
   Baron Carl Gustaf Emil von Mannerheim

Soviet Union
Turkish Foreign Minister Saracoglu, unable to reach treaty agreement with Molotov, returns to Ankara
   Turkey: International relations
   Soviet Union: International relations
   V. M. Molotov

Germany
Government issues new anti-Gypsy decrees
Germany: Home front and occupation
Germany: The Holocaust

North Sea
Kriegsmarine warships conduct minelaying operations along British coast
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944

United Kingdom
Luftwaffe aircraft attack Scapa Flow
   Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
   Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
   Scapa Flow

Convoy OA 21 departs Southend
   Atlantic convoys

Convoy OB 21 departs Liverpool
   Atlantic convoys

Atlantic Ocean
Convoy OG 3 forms at sea for Gibraltar
   Atlantic convoys

British vessel Yorkshire sunk by U-37
   The U-Boat war, 1939-1945

British vessel City of Mandalay sunk by U-46
   The U-Boat war, 1939-1945

British vessel Clan Chisholm sunk by U-48
   The U-Boat war, 1939-1945

South Atlantic
British vessel Huntsman sunk by Kriegsmarine pocket battleship Graf Spee
Naval operations in the South Atlantic
Admiral Graf Spee

Canada
Convoy HX 5 departs Halifax for Liverpool
Atlantic convoys

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: 13
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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