Diary September 30, 1939

War Diary, 09-1939, Diary WW2, Year 1939 / 1 minute of reading

French tanks autumn 1939 — French tanks forward of the Maginot Line.

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 War).

Western Front

French forces begin stealthy retreat (night September 30 to October 1) from German territory occupied during Saar ‘Offensive’ (withdrawal completed October 4).

Air War

15 Me 109 destroy a flight of five RAF Fairey Battles over the Saar.

Sea War

Atlantic: ‘Pocket-battleship’ Admiral Graf Spee sinks SS Clement in South Atlantic, capturing the crew.
Merchant shipping losses in September 1939: 53 Allied ships with 194,845 tons in Atlantic.
2 U-boats sunk in the Atlantic, Arctic or Baltic.

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Kretaner

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.