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General Gamelin orders a halt to the French advance into Germany.
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15768 |
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The German Army complete the encirclement of Warsaw.
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15769 |
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The Soviet Union invades Poland from the east, occupying the territory east of the Curzon line as well as Białystok and Eastern Galicia.
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15770 |
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Aircraft carrier HMS Courageous torpedoed and sunk by U-29 on patrol off the coast of Ireland
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15771 |
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The Imperial Japanese Army launched the attacks on the Chinese city of Changsha, when their forces in northern Jiangxi attacked westward toward Henan.
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15772 |
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Polish President Ignacy Mościcki and Commander-in-Chief Edward Rydz-Śmigły leave Poland for Romania, where they are both interned.
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15773 |
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Russian forces reach Vilnius and Brest-Litovsk.
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15774 |
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Polish submarine escapes from Tallinn - Estonia's neutrality is questioned by the Soviet Union and Germany.
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15775 |
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The German and Soviet armies link up near Brest Litovsk.
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15776 |
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Soviet Union blockades the harbour of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia.
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15777 |