Diary September 6, 1939

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

Air attack on the Polish railway station of Kutno on this day, pictured from one of the German Do 17 bombers.

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, September 6, 1939:

Poland:

Panzers take Tomaszow and Kielce, south-west of Warsaw and outflanking two Polish armies. Germans announce capture of Cracow.
Hitler visits General Guderian‘s XIX Panzer Corps on North-East front. Polish Government leaves Warsaw for Lublin.

Air War

Two RAF Spitfire fighters shoot down 2 Hurricane fighters in error (‘Battle of Barking Creek‘).

Sea War

Royal Navy Northern Patrol formed (8 cruisers). First British East Coast convoy sails.
Germany’s largest liner, Bremen (52,000 t) arrives at Murmansk (Northern Russia), from New York.

Diplomacy

SOUTH AFRICA DECLARES WAR ON GERMANY.
Spain declares her neutrality.

Home Fronts

France: 72-hour working week introduced in munitions industry.

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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.