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2 September 1939

What happened on this day in the Second World War, from 1939 to 1945, with a source for every entry.

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Each day we list events from the Second World War that happened on that date, from 1939 to 1945. Every entry names its source and links to it, so you can read further. Entries are sourced and machine-screened before they go up, a subset is human-reviewed, and we add more over time.

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Entries

  1. UK Parliament

    National Service (Armed Forces) (House of Commons)

    Official record of proceedings in the House of Commons, sitting of 1939-09-02: "National Service (Armed Forces)." Mr. Greenwood: "On the occasion when a similar Bill was before the House I spoke and voted against it.

    Source Hansard (UK Parliament) (opens external site)

  2. Excerpt from the London Gazette, Issue 34694, page 6501, published 1939-09-26: "ited Kingdom in succession to Sir George Newman, G.B.E., K.C.B.,F.R.C.P., F.R.C.S.Rupert B. Howorth.

    Source The London Gazette (opens external site)

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