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1 September 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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Entries
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Tel Aviv in the British Mandate of Palestine is bombed by Italian aircraft causing 137 deaths.
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The Japanese occupy French Indochina; local French administrators become only figurehead authorities.
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Mediterranean Theater
THOR mission records show at least 5 Allied sorties (8 recorded unit missions) in the Mediterranean Theater on 1940-09-01, flown by RAF, USAAF 12th Air Force. Targets included ITALY.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 introduces the first peacetime conscription (this time for men between 21 and 35) in United States history.
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