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In the first offensive operations by the German Army in Western Europe, guns on the Siegfried Line open up on villages behind French Maginot line.
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German-Soviet Boundary and Friendship Treaty is signed by Molotov and Ribbentrop. The secret protocol specifies the details of partition of Poland originally defined in Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and adds Lithuania to the Soviet Union sphere of interest.
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The remaining Polish army and militia in the centre of Warsaw capitulate to the Germans.
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Soviet troops mass by the Latvian border. Latvian air space violated.
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Estonia signs a 10-year Mutual Assistance Pact with the Soviet Union, which allows the Soviets to have 30 000-men military bases in Estonia. As a gift in return Stalin promises to respect Estonian independence.
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The Japanese Imperial Army reached the outskirts of Changsha. However, they were unable to conquer the city because their supply lines were cut off by the chinese National Revolutionary Army.
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The German pocket-battleship Admiral Graf Spee sinks its first merchant ship, the British freighter Clement while off the coast of Pernambuco, Brazil.
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15794 |
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Latvia signs a 10-year Mutual Assistance Pact with the Soviet Union, which allows the Soviets to have 25 000 men in military bases in Latvia. Stalin promises to respect Latvian independence.
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Chinese army reportedly defeats the Japanese at the battle of Changsha.
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Polish resistance in the Polish September Campaign comes to an end.
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