Table of Data Points
1939-09-17 | Soviets Invade | Soviet troops invade Poland from the east. | Read about 'Soviets Invade' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Soviets Invade' | ||
1939-09-17 | Courageous | British aircrat carrier is sunk by U-29 southwest of Ireland. The submarine is in turn sunk by destroyers in the carrier's escort. | Read about 'Courageous' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Courageous' | ||
1939-09-15 | Warsaw | German troops surround the Polish capital, Warsaw. | Read about 'Warsaw' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Warsaw' | ||
1939-09-14 | First U-Boat sunk | U-39, having been on patrol for 27 days, fires two torpedoes at the HMS Ark Royal. The torpedoes explode prematurely and the sub is hunted down and sunk by destroyers. The crew survives and are captured. | Read about 'First U-Boat sunk' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'First U-Boat sunk' | ||
1939-09-12 | 1939-09-18 | Battle of the River Bzura | Polish Poznan Army attempts to break out of its encirclement. The attempt fails and at the end of the battle 170,000 Polish troops surrender. | Read about 'Battle of the River Bzura' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Battle of the River Bzura' | |
1939-09-10 | Canada | Canada declares war on Germany | Read about 'Canada' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Canada' | ||
1939-09-09 | BEF | The British Expiditionary force begins deployment into France. | Read about 'BEF' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'BEF' | ||
1939-09-06 | South Africa | South Africa declares war on Germany | Read about 'South Africa' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'South Africa' | ||
1939-09-05 | US Neutrality | USA declares neutrality | Read about 'US Neutrality' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'US Neutrality' | ||
1939-09-04 | Kiel Canal | In the first British attack of the war, British aircraft unsucessfully attack the German coast near the entrance to the Kiel Canal. Seven aircraft are lost. | Read about 'Kiel Canal' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Kiel Canal' |
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