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9 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.
8 of 9 sourced entries for this date, chosen by the editor.
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Entries
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At sea
Navy awards contracts for 210 new construction ships including 12 aircraft carriers and 7 battleships.
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At sea
Secretary of the Navy Knox breaks his flag in carrier Enterprise (CV-6) to observe operations; Enterprise is being used as fleet flagship for a trial period by Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet (Admiral J.O. Richardson).
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Mandatory Palestine
1940 bombing campaign on British-controlled mandatory Palestine in World War Two by Fascist Italy.
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Diplomatic record
Memorandum by the Assistant Secretary of State (Berle) to the Secretary of State
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Diplomatic record
The Secretary of State to the Chargé in France (Matthews)
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Diplomatic record
The Diplomatic Agent and Consul General at Tangier (White) to the Secretary of State
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Mediterranean Theater
THOR mission records show at least 10 Allied sorties (3 recorded unit missions) in the Mediterranean Theater on 1940-09-09, flown by RAF, SAAF. Targets included ERITREA, ETHIOPIA.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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