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30 November 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.
7 sourced entries for this date.
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30 November: A large bombing raid on Southampton in southern England; the city is hit again the next night, followed by Bristol on 2 December, and Birmingham on the 3rd.
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Signing of the Sino-Japanese Treaty of 1940 between the Empire of Japan and the newly formed Wang Jingwei-led Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China.
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Diplomatic record
The Director General, British Ministry of Economic Warfare (Leith-Ross), to the Assistant Secretary of State (Grady)
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Diplomatic record
Memorandum by the Assistant Secretary of State (Berle)
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Diplomatic record
The Secretary of State to the Chargé in the United Kingdom (Johnson)
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Battle of Britain
1,420 bombers on 28 September, 1,423 level bombers on 2 November and 1,393 bombers on 30 November 1940.
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