Diary October 24, 1939

War Diary, 10-1939, Diary WW2, Year 1939 / 1 minute of reading

German foreign minister Ribbentrop signs Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact — On August 23rd the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact and secret agreement on partition of Eastern Europe was signed by German foreign minister Ribbentrop, Soviet foreign minister Molotov (background, left) and Stalin (right). It followed the ‘Treaty of Frontier Regulation and Friendship’ on September 29th and finally the trade agreement, which made the Allied blockade of Germany without any major effect.

War Diary for Tuesday, October 24, 1939:

Politics

Russo-German trade agreement: USSR to supply 1 M. tonnes of grain and fodder.

Occupied countries

Poland: Arrival in Paris of large hoard of Polish gold smuggled from Warsaw via Romania and Syria.

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My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.

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Occupied countries

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