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17 December 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.
6 sourced entries for this date.
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Entries
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UK Parliament
Naval And Marine Forces (Temporary Release From Service) Bill (House of Lords)
Official record of proceedings in the House of Lords, sitting of 1940-12-17: "Naval And Marine Forces (Temporary Release From Service) Bill." Source: Hansard (Open Parliament Licence v3.0)
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UK Parliament
Railways Agreement (Powers) Bill (House of Lords)
Official record of proceedings in the House of Lords, sitting of 1940-12-17: "Railways Agreement (Powers) Bill." Source: Hansard (Open Parliament Licence v3.0)
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Diplomatic record
Memorandum by the Ambassador in Japan (Grew)
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Diplomatic record
Oral Statement by the Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs (Matsuoka) to the American Ambassador in Japan (Grew)
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Diplomatic record
The Secretary of State to the Japanese Chargé (Morishima)
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