Diary September 8, 1939

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

WW2 War Diary for Friday, September 8, 1939:

Poland

Battle of Warsaw begins: 4th Panzer division reaches outskirts of city, having advanced 225 km in 7 days. Garrison commander, General Czuma, broadcasts defiant Order of the Day: ‘We shall fight to the last ditch !’.
100,000 civilians dig trenches in city outskirts.

Air War

Poland: Situation of Polish Air Force becomes desperate.
Western Front: Over the front line, 5 Curtiss Hawk fighters of l’Armee de l’Air (French Air Force) engage 5 Me 109 fighters and shot 2 down.

Home Fronts

Britain: Government plans for three years war.

About The Author

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.

Poland

Air War

Home Fronts

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