4 Aug 1939
  • Polish customs officials on the Danzig border began carrying arms, which alerted the Germans. ww2dbase [The Danzig Crisis | CPC]
China
  • After sundown, Cen Zeliu, flying an I-15bis fighter, claimed a Japanese bomber over China. ww2dbase [Cen Zeliu | CPC]
Germany
  • The German expedition team consisting of Ernst Schäfer, Bruno Beger, Karl Wienert, Ernst Krause, and others, having departed Lhasa, Tibet in Aug 1939, arrived in Berlin, Germany. ww2dbase [Berlin | CPC]



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