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23 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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  1. UK Parliament

    Czecho-Slovakia (Financial Claims And Refugees) Bill (House of Commons)

    Official record of proceedings in the House of Commons, sitting of 1940-01-23: "Czecho-Slovakia (Financial Claims And Refugees) Bill." Source: Hansard (Open Parliament Licence v3.0)

    Source Hansard (UK Parliament) (opens external site)

  2. UK Parliament

    Czecho - Slovakia (Financial Claims And Refugees [Repayment And Remission Of Debt] (House of Commons)

    Official record of proceedings in the House of Commons, sitting of 1940-01-23: "Czecho - Slovakia (Financial Claims And Refugees [Repayment And Remission Of Debt]." Source: Hansard (Open Parliament Licence v3.0)

    Source Hansard (UK Parliament) (opens external site)

  3. Excerpt from the London Gazette, Supplement to Issue 34778, page 461, published 1940-01-23: "At the Court at Buckingham Palace, thei6th day of January, 1940.PRESENT,The KING'S Most Excellent Majesty in Council.'

    Source The London Gazette (opens external site)

  4. Italian invasion of France

    On 23 January 1940, Mussolini remarked that "even today we could undertake and sustain a. parallel war", having in mind a war with Yugoslavia, since on that day Ciano had met with the dissident Croat Ante Pavelić.

    Source Wikipedia (opens external site)

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