24 Sep 1938
- German Army chief Walther von Brauchitsch married Charlotte Rueffer. ww2dbase [Walther von Brauchitsch | CPC]
- As Neville Chamberlain departed Bad Godesberg, Germany to return to London, England, United Kingdom, Adolf Hitler promised him that the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia would be the last German territorial demand in Europe. In France, the French government rejected the latest German demands; the French military partially mobilized in preparation for war. ww2dbase [Munich Conference and the Annexation of Sudetenland | CPC]
- Adolf Hitler arrived in Berlin, Germany. ww2dbase [Adolf Hitler | Berlin | CPC]
- Ancon was launched at the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts, United States. She was sponsored by the wife of Secretary of War Harry Woodring. ww2dbase [Ancon | Quincy, Massachusetts | CPC]
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