5 Nov 1937
- 35,000 Republican supporters were massacred in Piedrafita de Babia, Spain. ww2dbase [The Spanish Civil War | CPC]
- Japanese 10th Army landed at Jinshanwei in the south of Shanghai, China in an attempt to surround the city. ww2dbase [Second Battle of Shanghai | Shanghai | CPC]
- Adolf Hitler first announced his plans for European expansion at the Hossbach Conference in Germany. ww2dbase [Hossbach Conference | TH]
- Joseph Bech resigned as the Prime Minister of Luxembourg. ww2dbase [Joseph Bech | CPC]

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