At sea
SprueStack Zero Hour: WW2 day by day
21 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.
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At sea
Minesweeper Penguin (AM-33) transfers 24 survivors of Japanese fishing schooner No. 1 Seiho Maru, stranded off the southeast coast of Guam, M.I., on 15 January, to Japanese freighter Saipan Maru.
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Diplomatic record
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Italy (Phillips)
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Diplomatic record
The Ambassador in Italy (Phillips) to the Secretary of State
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