1 Aug 1937
- Wilhelm Keitel was promoted to the rank of General der Artillerie. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Hideki Tojo led Japanese troops at Battle of Chahar in China. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Karl-Otto Koch was made the commandant of Buchenwald Concentration Camp in Weimar, Germany. ww2dbase [Main Article | Event | Facility | CPC]
- Settsu was assigned to the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Destroyer Squadron 29 of US Asiatic Fleet departed Vladivostok, Russia for Yantai, Shandong Province, China while USS Augusta departed the same port for Qingdao, Shandong Province, China. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
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