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The British battleship HMS Royal Oak is sunk in Scapa Flow harbour by U-47, under the command of Günther Prien.
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15808 |
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Finns meet Stalin again. Stalin tells that "an accident" might happen between Finnish and Soviet troops, if the negotiations last too long.
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15809 |
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First air attack on Great Britain, aimed at ships in the Firth of Forth, Scotland.
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15810 |
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First Soviet forces enter Estonia. During the Umsiedlung, 12,600 Baltic Germans leave Estonia.
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15811 |
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Portions of Poland are formally inducted into Germany.
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15812 |
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The first Jewish ghetto is established at Lublin.
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15813 |
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The "Phoney War": French troops settle in the Maginot line's dormitories and tunnels.
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15814 |
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The British build new fortifications along the "gap" between the Maginot line and the Channel.
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15815 |
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Pope Pius XII's encyclical condemns racism and dictatorships.
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15816 |
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Belgium announces that it is neutral in the present conflict.
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15817 |