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9 January 1940
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.
5 sourced entries for this date.
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Entries
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Diplomatic record
Memorandum of Conversation, by the Secretary of State
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Diplomatic record
The Minister in Finland (Schoenfeld) to the Secretary of State
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Diplomatic record
The Diplomatic Agent and Consul General at Tangier (Blake) to the Secretary of State
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Diplomatic record
The Consul General at Beirut (Palmer) to the Secretary of State
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