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1939: A SUMMARY OF THE YEAR
Sept 1st: 48 German divisions including six armoured invade Poland.
Plan Case White heralds start of Second World war.
Sept 3rd: Britain and France decalre war on Germany as Germans
smash through Polish armies and Warsaw is heavily
bombed.
Sept 4th: RAF attack German navy in Kiel.
Sept 5th: Germans break though to Vistual River and Polish
Government abandons Warsaw for Lublin.
Sept 8th:The Battle of Bzura and assault on Warsaw.
Sept 17th:Russians invade Poland from the East.
Sept 27th:Warsaw surrenders.
Oct 5th: German victory parade in Warsaw.
Oct 14th: German U-boat sinks HMS Royal Oak at Scapa Flow.
Nov 30th: Soviets renounce non-agression pact and invade Finland.
Finns although badly outnumbered stage a brilliant defence.
By end of December, the Soviets have lost 27,500 dead as
opposed to only 2,700 on the Finnish side.
Dec 17th: German battleship Graf Spee is scuttled by her capitain
in the River Plate estuary,South America.