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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.
September 3, 1939 Hostilities in the West 3 September 9, 1939 Transfer of Forces from Poland to the West 4 September 25, 1939 Finishing the War in Poland 5 September 30, 1939 Partition of Poland, removing restrictions on naval warfare. 6 October 9, 1939 Plans for Offensive in the West 7 October 18, 1939 Preparations for Attack in the West 8
September 3 – World War II: SS Athenia, a British ocean liner is torpedoed by a German submarine off the Irish coast with 30 Americans onboard dying. [8] September 4 – The State Department declares all US passports that are outstanding invalid for travelling to Europe and requires all those applying to document a need for foreign travel. [9]
Dorn, Walter. Review of Germany and the Soviet Union, 1939-1941 pages 295-297 from The Journal of Modern History, Volume 28, Issue # 3, September 1956. Eckert, Astrid M. The Struggle for the Files: The Western Allies and the Return of German archives after the Second World War. Cambridge University Press, 2012. ISBN 978-0-521-88018-3,
The Royal Navy initiated a naval blockade of Germany on 4 September. Although Britain and France honoured these guarantees by declaring war two days after Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939, [6] and the dominions of the British Empire quickly followed suit, so little practical assistance was given to Poland, which was soon defeated, that in its early stages the war declared by ...
The Prosecutor's Office at the Special Court in Bydgoszcz began its work on 6 September 1939 (the day after the capture of Bydgoszcz by Wehrmacht units). [51] The exact date of the start of operations by Sondergericht Bromberg is uncertain. Depending on the sources, it is stated to have occurred between September 8 and 10, 1939.
The books were originally published in German by S. Fischer Verlag. The first volume Hitler: Ascent, 1889-1939 (German: Adolf Hitler: Die Jahre des Aufstiegs 1889-1939), published in German in 2013, was published in English in 2016 by The Bodley Head and covers up to 1939. [1]
The British War Blue Book; Documents concerning German-Polish relations and the outbreak of hostilities between Great Britain and Germany on September 3, 1939 (also here) The Finnish Blue Book the developments of Finnish‑Soviet relations during the autumn of 1939 including the official documents and the peace treaty of March 12, 1940