10 Mar 1939
  • British destroyer HMS Tartar (F43) was commissioned into service with Captain G. H. Warner in command. ww2dbase [AC]
  • Czechoslovakian President Emil Hácha ordered the arrest of Slovakian political leader Jozef Tiso. ww2dbase [Dismemberment of Czechoslovakia | CPC]
  • Walther von Brauchitsch was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland. ww2dbase [Walther von Brauchitsch | CPC]

Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
Special Thanks: Rory Curtis




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