9 Sep 1938
  • Franklin Roosevelt announced that the United States would remain neutral on the topic of German pressures on Czechoslovakia. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
  • HMS Mohawk (L31) was commissioned into service with Commander R. F. Jolly in command. ww2dbase [AC]
United Kingdom
  • The Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) was established as the women's voluntary branch of the British Army. ww2dbase [AC]
Photo(s) dated 9 Sep 1938
Baldur von Schirach supervising the rehearsal of a Hitler Youth band prior to a party rally event, Nürnberg, Germany, 6-12 Sep 1938

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Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
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