09-1939

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, September 30, 1939: Politics Polish Government-in-Exile and ‘Cabinet of National Unity’ formed in Paris under Raczkiewicz (President) and General Sikorski (Prime Minister and Minister of […]

WW2 War Diary for Friday, September 29, 1939: Politics Russo-German ‘Treaty of Frontier Regulation and Friendship’ signed, partitioning Poland and defining spheres of influence. Joint Declaration issued calling for a

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, September 28, 1939: Poland Armistice between Warsaw Garrison and German besiegers from noon.

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, September 27, 1939: Poland Germans overrun outer defenses of Warsaw; Garrison Commander offers to surrender (talks held in bus on city outskirts) . Air War

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, September 26, 1939: Poland Massive indiscriminate artillery bombardment of Warsaw, followed by major German infantry assault; city center in flames. Poles recapture Mokotow Airport and

WW2 War Diary for Monday, September 25, 1939: Poland Second German ultimatum to Warsaw Garrison. Mass air attack on the city: 400 bombers and Stukas make repeated sorties, starting huge

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, September 24, 1939: Poland Germans isolate Modlin Fortress, North of Warsaw. Russians enter Galician oilfields.

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, September 23, 1939: Poland Germans announce capture of Lvov. Politics Mussolini declares that the ‘liquidation’ of Poland presents opportunity for European peace settlement. Home Fronts

WW2 War Diary for Friday, September 22, 1939: Poland Russo-German victory parade at Brest-Litovsk. Colonel-General von Fritsch, former German Army C-in-C and leading anti-Nazi, killed by rifle fire outside Warsaw

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, September 21, 1939: Poland Artillery bombardment of key points in Warsaw greatly intensified. Neutrals Romania: Prime Minister Calinescu shot dead by fascists of the Iron

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, September 20, 1939: Air War Western Front: RAF’s first clash with Luftwaffe. Me 109 s attack 3 Battle recce­-bombers over Siegfried Line. One Messerschmitt fighter

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, September 19, 1939: Poland Bzura Battle ends. 100,000 officers and men from defeated Polish Pomorze and Poznan Armies surrender. Germans surround Lvov, Eastern Poland. Home

WW2 War Diary for Monday, September 18, 1939: Poland Russian Forces now 60 miles (ca. 97 km) inside Poland. Virtually no resistance. Sea War Atlantic: SS Kensington Court shelled and

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, September 17, 1939: Poland RUSSIAN INVASION OF POLAND against negligible defenses. German Army Groups North and South link up at Wlodawa, on river Bug, Eastern

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, September 16, 1939: Poland German ultimatum to Warsaw Garrison and civil population rejected. Polish air force bombers make final sorties. Politics Russia informs Poland that

WW2 War Diary for Friday, September 15, 1939: Poland Germans surround Warsaw and occupy Galician oilfields (southeast Poland). Sea War Atlantic: First British trans-Atlantic convoy sails from Kingston, Jamaica. Politics

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, September 14, 1939: Poland Fall of Gdynia, Poland’s only seaport, and the city of Brest-Litovsk, Eastern Poland. The Citadel of Brest-Litovsk still holds out. Sea

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, September 13, 1939: Poland German infantry cross river Vistula, South of Warsaw. German High Command announces its intention to crush guerrilla operations and sabotage by

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, September 12, 1939: Poland Germans rush reinforcements (including tank units) from Warsaw front to Bzura battle area (night 12-13). Poles begin fighting withdrawal from Bzura.

WW2 War Diary for Monday, September 11, 1939: Poland Germans cross river San, southeast Poland. Politics Churchill (as ‘A Naval Person’) begins correspondence with Roosevelt. Home Fronts Britain: 1,330,928 people