30 Aug 1939
- Poland refused to dispatch a delegation to Germany to negotiate over the topics of Danzig and the Polish Corridor. Polish Commander-in-Chief, Marshal of Poland, Edward Rydz-Smigly ordered the mobilization of the army. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC, AC]
- Isoroku Yamamoto was appointed the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet by Navy Minister Mitsumasa Yonai. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, David Stubblebine
Special Thanks: Rory Curtis
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Search WW2DB & Partner Sites
News
- » Wreck of USS Indianapolis Found (19 Aug 2017)
- » Unexploded WW2 Bomb Found Near Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant (11 Aug 2017)
- » New website Russian Retrospective (10 Jan 2017)
- » See all news
Current Site Statistics
- » 999 biographies
- » 322 events
- » 33,863 timeline entries
- » 715 ships
- » 318 aircraft models
- » 182 vehicle models
- » 326 weapon models
- » 99 historical documents
- » 149 facilities
- » 438 book reviews
- » 24,246 photos
- » 286 maps
Famous WW2 Quote
"Since peace is now beyond hope, we can but fight to the end."Chiang Kaishek, 31 Jul 1937
