1939 in History

22 events found for 1939

1944 world war ii american and australian forces landed on the j 09 15

1939

Second World War: The German submarine U-47 torpedoed and sank the Royal Navy battleship HMS Royal Oak while the…

Second World War: The German submarine U-47 torpedoed and sank the Royal Navy battleship HMS Royal Oak while the…

1958 pope pius xii born 1876 10 09

1939

Pope Pius XII (pictured) published his first encyclical, Summi Pontificatus, which critiqued ideologies such as…

Pope Pius XII (pictured) published his first encyclical, Summi Pontificatus, which critiqued ideologies such as…