Diary September 17, 1939

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

Cartoon: Hitler and Stalin are going together to catch their prey — A Swedish cartoon about the Nazi-Soviet Pact. Hitler and Stalin are going together to catch their prey.

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, September 17, 1939:

Poland

RUSSIAN INVASION OF POLAND against negligible defenses.
German Army Groups North and South link up at Wlodawa, on river Bug, Eastern Poland. Brest-Litovsk Citadel captured.
Polish Government crosses into Romania from border town of Kuty – its fifth, and last, temporary seat in the Polish provinces. All surviving Polish air crews fly to Romania.

Sea War

Atlantic: CARRIER HMS COURAGEOUS SUNK by U-boat U-29 West of Ireland (514 of 1200 crew dead). British Fleet carriers withdrawn from anti-U-boat operations.

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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.

Poland

Sea War

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