31 Mar 1938
- Asagumo was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Asagumo | CPC]
- HMS Edinburgh was launched. ww2dbase [Edinburgh | CPC]
- The order for the construction of eight barracks at the Flossenbürg Concentration Camp in southern Germany was issued. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Flossenbürg Concentration Camp | Flossenbürg, Bayreuth | CPC]
- The keel of cruiser HMS Mauritius was laid down by Swan Hunter at Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Mauritius | Newcastle upon Tyne, England | CPC]
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