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Bibliography. v. t. e. 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 ...
The Kriegsmarine is given the first priority on the allotment of German economic resources. Hitler's prophecy speech in the Reichstag, 30 January 1939. 30 January – Hitler gives a speech before the Reichstag calling for an "export battle" to increase German foreign exchange holdings. The same speech also sees Hitler's "prophecy" where he ...
This is a timeline of German history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Germany and its predecessor states. ... 1939: 23 August:
Timeline of the Battle of France (1939–1940) Timeline of the Battle of the Atlantic (1939–1945) Timeline of the Winter War (1939–1940) Timeline of the Norwegian campaign (1940) Timeline of the North African campaign (1940–1943) Timeline of the Eastern Front of World War II (1941–1945)
Germany occupies and annexes Bohemia and Moravia-Silesia in violation of the Munich Agreement. The Czechs do not attempt to put up any organized resistance, having lost their main defensive line with the annexation of the Sudetenland. Germany establishes the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The Second Czechoslovak Republic is dissolved. [50]
17 September 1939, Soviet Union invades Poland, cooperating with Germany as agreed in the Nazi-Soviet Alliance. 18 September 1939, the Polish submarine Orzeł escapes from Tallinn, sets course to Great Britain. 22 September 1939, Soviet army captures the region of Vilnius, which Poland had annexed from Lithuania in 1922.
8 September: Battle of Wola Cyrusowa. 8–28 September: Siege of Warsaw. 8–14 September: Battle of Gdynia. 8–9 September: Battle of Radom. 9 September: Ciepielów massacre. 9–19 September: Battle of the Bzura. 9–20 September: Battle of Kampinos Forest. 10–19 September: Battle of Kępa Oksywska. 10–11 September: Battle of Jarosław.
The timeline of the Winter War is a chronology of events leading up to, culminating in, ... 1 September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland. 17 September 1939: ...