27 May 1939
  • USS Arizona became the flagship of Battleship Division 1's Rear Admiral Russell Wilson. ww2dbase [Arizona | CPC]
  • British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain finally agreed to hold a talk with the Soviet Union. Later on the same day, British and French ambassadors in Moscow, Russia presented a draft agreement for Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov to review, who received the wording coolly. ww2dbase [Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact | CPC]
United States
  • The United States Navy Fleet Auxiliary USS Dixie was launched at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard in Camden, New Jersey, United States. Under the command of Lieutenant Commander G. H. Bahn she would spend the war employed as a destroyer tender in the Pacific, and later earned five battle stars during the Korean War. ww2dbase [Camden, New Jersey | AC]
Photo(s) dated 27 May 1939
Adolf Hitler shaking Hans Lammers



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