Table of Data Points
1939-11-29 | Finland | The Soviet Union breaks diplomatic relations with Finland. | Read about 'Finland' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Finland' | ||
1939-11-26 | Mainila Shelling | Red Army shelling of Soviet village Mainila staged to implicate Finland and providing the casus belli for the invasion of Finland | Read about 'Mainila Shelling' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Mainila Shelling' | ||
1939-11-23 | Rawalpindi | Despite being hopelessly outgunned, 60-year old Captain Edward Coverley Kennedy RN of Rawalpindi decided to fight, rather than surrender. He was heard to say "Well fight them both, theyll sink us, and that will be that. Good-bye". | Read about 'Rawalpindi' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Rawalpindi' | ||
1939-11-21 | 1939-11-27 | Scharnhost and Gneisenau | German battlecruisers cruise the North Atlantic on commerce raiding mission for the first time. Scharnhorst's first wartime operation was a sortie into the Iceland-Faroes passage | Read about 'Scharnhost and Gneisenau' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Scharnhost and Gneisenau' | |
1939-11-17 | Prague Demonstrations | Nine Czech students are executed as a response to anti-Nazi demonstrations prompted by the death of Jan Opletal. In addition, all Czech universities are shut down and over 1200 Czech students sent to concentration camps. | Read about 'Prague Demonstrations' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Prague Demonstrations' | ||
1939-11-08 | Munich Assasination Attempt | An attempt to assisinate Hitler in Munich fails. | Read about 'Munich Assasination Attempt' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Munich Assasination Attempt' | ||
1939-11-07 | Netherlands | Netherlands and Belgium propose acting as mediators between the waring nations. | Read about 'Netherlands' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Netherlands' | ||
1939-11-07 | Belgium | Netherlands and Belgium propose acting as mediators between the waring nations. | Read about 'Belgium' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Belgium' | ||
1939-11-06 | Sonderaktion Krakau | Polish professors are seized and later sent to Sachsenhausen concentration camp and Dachau. This was part of a Nazi plan to exterminate the Polish intellectual elite | Read about 'Sonderaktion Krakau' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Sonderaktion Krakau' | ||
1939-11-04 | Third Term | President Roosevelt wins a third term. | Read about 'Third Term' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Third Term' |
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