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SprueStack Zero Hour: WW2 day by day
5 April 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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Diplomatic record
Memorandum by the Adviser on Political Relations (Dunn) to the Under Secretary of State (Welles)
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Memorandum of Conversation, by the Assistant Secretary of State (Berle)
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Excerpt from the London Gazette, Issue 34826, page 2060, published 1940-04-09: "At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the5th day of April, 1940.PRESENT,The KING'S Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
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