45 events found for 1939
Twenty-six Junkers Ju 87 bombers commanded by Walter Sigel meet unexpected ground fog during a dive-bombing…
The Wizard of Oz premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California.
World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. In a secret protocol to the pact,…
The Irish Republican Army carries out the 1939 Coventry bombing in which five civilians were killed.
The United Kingdom and Poland form a military alliance in which the UK promises to defend Poland in case of invasion…
First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world's first jet aircraft.
Nazi Germany mounts a false flag attack on the Gleiwitz radio station, creating an excuse to attack Poland the…
World War II: Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II.
J. Robert Oppenheimer and his student Hartland Snyder publish the Oppenheimer–Snyder model, proving for the first time…
World War II: Following the start of the invasion of Poland the previous day, the Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk,…
World War II: France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of…
World War II: The United Kingdom and France begin a naval blockade of Germany that lasts until the end of the war.…
World War II: William J. Murphy commands the first Royal Air Force attack on Germany.
World War II: The British Royal Air Force suffers its first fighter pilot casualty of the Second World War at the…
World War II: Union of South Africa declares war on Germany.
World War II: The Battle of Hel begins, the longest-defended pocket of Polish Army resistance during the German…
Burmese national hero U Ottama dies in prison after a hunger strike to protest Britain's colonial government.
World War II: The submarine HMS Oxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMS Triton near Norway and becomes the Royal…
World War II: The Canadian declaration of war on Germany receives royal assent.
World War II: The Estonian military boards the Polish submarine ORP Orzeł in Tallinn, sparking a diplomatic incident…