11-1939

War Diary for Friday, November 10, 1939: Neutrals Holland: Dutch reinforce border troops, cancel all Army leave and prepare to flood ‘inundation area’ by opening sluice gates.

War Diary for Thursday, November 9, 1939: Secret War Venlo Incident: two British Intelligence officers, Major Stevens and Captain Best, kidnapped by the Gestapo on Dutch-German border, while attempting to

War Diary for Wednesday, November 8, 1939: Home Fronts Germany: BUERGER-BRAEUKELLER BOMB INCIDENT. Powerful bomb wrecks Munich beer hall (killing 8) minutes after vehement anti-British speech by Hitler, who predicts

War Diary for Tuesday, November 7, 1939: Western Front Hitler postpones offensive planned for November 12 – and 13 further postponements follow at intervals until May 9, 1940. Politics Queen

War Diary for Monday, November 6, 1939: Western Front The Biggest dogfight to date. Nine French Curtiss Hawk fighters shoot down 4 out of 27 Me 109Ds over the Saar.

War Diary for Sunday, November 5, 1939: Home Fronts Germany: THE ZOSSEN CONSPIRACY. Generals von Brauchitsch (Army C in C), Halder and Beck plot to stop Hitler’s planned Western Front

War Diary for Saturday, November 4, 1939: Secret War ‘Oslo Report‘: revealing secrets of German long-range rockets and radar – sent anonymously (probably by anti-Nazi German scientist) to British naval

War Diary for Friday, November 3, 1939: Politics Embargo on export of arms lifted by US Senate. Neutrality Bill amended. Britain and France now able to obtain supplies on ‘cash

War Diary for Thursday, November 2, 1939: Occupied countries Poland: Western White Russia (Russian-occupied Poland) incorporated in Belorussian SSR.

War Diary for Wednesday, November 1, 1939: Home Fronts Germany: Flight of world’s first jet aircraft. Heinkel He 178 experimental jet aircraft displayed to senior Luftwaffe officers. Occupied Countries Poland: