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The Graf Spree
The Graf Spree goes on to sink four more Allied merchant vessels during October -
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October 1939
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Polish Resistance
The last valiant gap of Poliish resistance- numbering some 4,500 soldiers under the command of Admiral Unrah- north of Danzig on the Polwysep Helski peninsula falls to the Germans. -
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler denies he intends to go to war against France & Britain. -
Western Poland
Germany annexes Western Poland -
Atomic Bomb
Albert Einstein informs FDR of possibilities of atomic bomb -
Soviet Union and Nazi's
The Nazis begin to consolidate the Jewish population in Germany's occupied territories. They send Austrian and Czechoslovakian Jews to Poland.
The Soviet Union sends Finland a list of territorial demands, which include a land exchange and the right to establish military bases. -
Royal Oak
More than 800 sailors die when a German submarine torpedoes the Royal Oak, a British battleship. -
Star of David
Nazi require wearing of star of David -
Hans Frank
Nazi Hans Frank is appointed governor general of a portion of German-occupied Poland, with his headquarters in Kraków. -
Work Service
Polish Jewish forced into obligatory work service -
U.S. Neutrality Act
A motion to amend the U.S. Neutrality Act to allow the sale of arms to besieged allies passes the Senate. It will clear the House and be signed by President Franklin Roosevelt on November 4. The change is contingent on the requirement that arms are not transported by American ships. -
Czechoslovakia
Anti-German demonstrations/strikes in Czechoslovakia -
Attacks of Enlgish Battleship
German U boat fails on attack of English battleship Nelson with Winston Churchill, Dudley Pound & Charles Forbes aboard -
SS imposes a series of arbitrary and highly restrictive laws
The SS imposes a series of arbitrary and highly restrictive laws on the Poles, including prohibitions against using phone booths and wearing felt hats. Violators can be given the death penalty. -
U Boats Sank
27 U boats sunk this month
