15 Nov 1939
![Italian battleship Impero being preparing for launching, Genova, Italy, 15 Nov 1939](/images/imagemagick/tmb_ship_impero3.jpg)
- Anticipating Adolf Hitler's wishes, Erich Raeder asked his staff officers to evaluate the possibility of an invasion of Britain. ww2dbase [Erich Raeder | CPC]
- Repair ship Akashi was assigned to the Combined Fleet. ww2dbase [Akashi | CPC]
- Koichi Shiozawa was promoted to the rank of admiral. ww2dbase [Koichi Shiozawa | CPC]
- Chuichi Nagumo was promoted to the rank of vice admiral. ww2dbase [Chuichi Nagumo | CPC]
- Captain Katsuji Hattori was made the commanding officer of Kamoi. The ship was assigned to the newly established Fourth Fleet which was to be based in Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Kamoi | CPC]
- Vice Admiral Boshiro Hosogaya succeeded Vice Admiral Ichiro Sato as the commanding officer of the Ryojun Military Port (previously known as Port Arthur; now Lushunkou, Liaoning Province, China), Kwantung Leased Territory in northeastern China. Rear Admiral Isamu Takeda was named Hosogaya's chief of staff. ww2dbase [Ryojun Guard District | Lushunkou, Liaoning | CPC]
- Captain Teruo Akiyama was named the commanding officer of Naka. ww2dbase [Naka | CPC]
- Captain Zensuke Kanome was named the commanding officer of Tenryu. ww2dbase [Tenryu | CPC]
- Masafumi Arima became the commanding officer of Yokohama Naval Air Corps. ww2dbase [Masafumi Arima | Kanagawa | CPC]
- Captain Kaku Harada was named the commanding officer of Settsu. ww2dbase [Settsu | CPC]
- Captain Sukeyoshi Yatsushiro was named the commanding officer of Nachi. ww2dbase [Nachi | CPC]
- Masaichi Niimi was promoted to the rank of vice admiral and was made the commandant of the Japanese Navy Academy at Etajima, Japan. ww2dbase [Masaichi Niimi | Etajima, Hiroshima | CPC]
- Vice Admiral Tamotsu Takama was named the chief of staff of Chinkai Guard District in southern Korea. ww2dbase [Chinkai Guard District | Chinkai, Gyeongsangnam | CPC]
- Jews living in Reichsgau Wartheland (former Polish territory, annexed into Germany) began to be deported into the General Government region of former Poland. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | CPC]
- Vice Admiral Ibo Takahashi was named the commanding officer of the Mako naval port at Pescadores islands, Taiwan. Rear Admiral Akira Matsuzaki was named his Chief of Staff. ww2dbase [Mako Guard District | Mako, Hoko | CPC]
- Raizo Tanaka stepped down as the Chief of Staff of the Mako naval port at Pescadores islands, Taiwan. ww2dbase [Raizo Tanaka | Mako, Hoko | CPC]
- USS Squalus was decommissioned from service at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, United States. ww2dbase [Sailfish | Kittery, Maine | CPC]
![Italian battleship Impero being preparing for launching, Genova, Italy, 15 Nov 1939](/images/imagemagick/tmb_ship_impero3.jpg)
![The Launching of Italian battleship Impero, Genova, Italy, 15 Nov 1939](/images/imagemagick/tmb_ship_impero5.jpg)
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