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Winston Churchill appointed First Lord of the Admiralty, the post he held at the start of the First World War
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Fleet blockage of Germany begins
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RAF drops six million leaflets over northern and western Germany
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RAF Bombers attack the naval base at Wilhelmshaven and the Kiel Canal.
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A Lockheed Hudson of No.224 Squadron becomes the first RAF aircraft to clash with the Luftwaffe, when it becomes involved in a fight with a Dornier Do.18 flying boat.
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Poles admit to the lose of Czestochowa
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French begin limited operations
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German troops cross the Vistula
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United States declares neutrality
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Jans Smuts becomes Prime Minister of South Africa. He later becomes a key supporter of Churchill.
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