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1939 – World War II: The United Kingdom and France begin a naval blockade of Germany that lasts until the end of the war. This also marks the beginning of the Battle of the Atlantic . 1941 – The Holocaust : Karl Fritzsch , deputy camp commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp , experiments with the use of Zyklon B in the gassing of ...
September 1: World War II breaks out in Europe with Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland World War II was the biggest and deadliest war in history, involving more than 30 countries. Sparked by the 1939 Nazi invasion of Poland, the war dragged on for six bloody years until the Allies defeated the Axis powers of Nazi Germany, Japan and Italy in 1945.
3 September – The United Kingdom, France, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany. 3 September – British liner SS Athenia becomes the first civilian casualty of the war when she is torpedoed and sunk by U-30 in the eastern Atlantic. Of the 1,418 aboard, 117 are killed (98 passengers and 19 crew members). 4 September – Nepal ...
This is a timeline of events of World War II in 1939 from the start of the war on 1 September 1939. For events preceding September 1, 1939, see the timeline of events preceding World War II. Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 brought many countries into the war. This event, and the declaration of war by France and Britain two days ...
Italy is advised that Germany does not expect to need its military support at present. [23] September 2 – WWII: Following the invasion of Poland, the Free City of Danzig (modern-day Gdańsk, Poland) is annexed to Nazi Germany. Spain and Ireland declare their neutrality. September 3 – WWII:
Blank map of Europe October 1938 - March 1939.svg German Reich (Nazi Germany) derivative work by TRAJAN 117 (First) Czechoslovak Republic (Czechoslovakia) derivative work by TRAJAN 117
1939-09-01: Germany: Poland: A: German attack began at 4:44 a.m., Berlin and Warsaw time. [2] [better source needed] [3] [4] Germany claimed that the attack was defensive, citing the Gleiwitz incident, which was actually a false flag attack. [5] Invasion: 1939-09-01 Slovakia: Poland: A: Invasion: 1939-09-03 United Kingdom Tonga Transjordan ...
English: Blank map of the world between 23 March 1939 (German annexation of the Memel Territory) and 1 September 1939 (German invasion of Poland). Derived from Image:BlankMap-World 1938.png . Date