SprueStack Zero Hour: WW2 day by day
What happened on this day in the Second World War, from 1939 to 1945, with a source for every entry.
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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UK Parliament
Official record of proceedings in the House of Commons, sitting of 1940-10-10: "Vote of Credit (Supple Mentary), 1940 (Expendi- Ture Arising Out of the War)." Source: Hansard (Open Parliament Licence v3.0)
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