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August September October
1 August
Glenn Miller is recording "In the Mood"
The Gdańsk political police arrested Teodor Klimkiewicz
Three Soviet planes crossed the Finnish border
2 August
World War I: 25th anniversary
Albert Einstein writes a letter to Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler visits the Tannenberg memorial
3 August
The English parliament is on recess for the holidays
Ribbentrop meets with Georgy Astakhov - Soviet diplomat
Medical licenses of Jewish doctors are being revoked in Germany
4 August
Germany is considering transference of Slovakia from Hungary
Hitler travels to Obersalzberg
Obligatory registration of citizens
5 August
British-French military mission leaving to USSR
Frida Kahlo arrives in Paris
Customs officers need to stop their activities in Gdańsk on August 6
6 August
Launch of the Dinah Shore Show
Aggressive anti-Polish campaign in the German press
Frida Kahlo painting "The Two Fridas"
7 August
Mobilization against Poland in Germany
Hitler meets the Danzig gauleiter
8 August
Opening night of the Venice Film Festival
25th anniversary of First Cadre Company in Krakow
Air defense exercises in the UK
9 August
Hitler at the Salzburg music festival
Chuchill attending Fighter exercises
Poland maintains full control of customs in Gdańsk
10 August
Start of aerial maneuvers in England
Germany protests Poland's demands for customs affairs in Gdańsk
German agents are purchasing Polish zlotys
11 August
Ciano meets Ribbentrop in Salzburg
Gdańsk Gauleiter returns from a meeting with Chancellor Hitler
Out-of-the-budget donations for the Polish Army approved
12 August
Preparations for Soviet-Anglo-French negotiations in Moscow
Attack on the Polish border guard
"The City of San Francisco" train derailed
13 August
The Gdańsk political police arrested an employee of the Polish Railway
Ciano-Ribbentrop meeting on the role of Italy in the Gdańsk campaign
Ciano meeting with Hitler
14 August
"L'Indifferent" by Watteau stolen from the Louvre
Ribbentrop: there are no conflicts of interest between Germany and Russia
Two Polish customs inspectors arrested in Gdańsk
15 August
Salzburg conversations take place despite warnings from Poland and France
"Wizard of Oz" opens in the USA
German press: normal relations with Poland are disrupted
16 August
Hitler celebrates the 25th anniversary of World War I
USSR demands permission to enter Polish and Romanian territory in the event of a war
Shoot-to-kill order given to Polish troops
17 August
Raskolnikov writes a public letter to Stalin
Hyppodrome Theater demolished in New York
Molotov: USSR is ready to improve its relations with Germany
18 August
Joseph Goebbels visits the Venice Film Festival
Children with developmental delays have to be reported
Poland wants peace but is ready to fight
19 August
Molotov drafts the Russo-German pact
29,000 German agents are active in Gdańsk
Permanent alliance is to be signed between England and Poland
20 August
Soviets demand a possibility to enter in contact with the German army
Shirer: Our Embassy is divided. Most think Poland will give a good account of itself
Hermann Lang wins the race in Switzerland
21 August
Visit of Franco-British War Mission to Moscow
Charlie Chaplin stops setting of "The Great Dictator"
Visit of Ribbentrop to Moscow is arranged
22 August
Hitler gives a speech for military officials about future war
British Government discusses the Gdansk Crisis
Military conversations between Hitler and German army commanders
23 August Live broadcast
24 August
Partitial mobilisation in Warsaw
Emergency Powers (Defence) Act accepted by British parliament
Mobilisation in Germany
25 August
Louvre is closed for evacuation
German bomber soared over Poland
British-Polish Pact is concluded
26 August
Reich Party Congress canceled
German ship Schleswig-Holstein arrived to Gdansk
France and England issued extensive mobilization regulations
27 August
Polish-British Alliance signed in London
Football match between Poland and Hungary
First flight of Heinkel He 178 airplane
28 August
Citizens of Warsaw are called for digging ditches
Extraordinary session of the Surpreme Soviet is opened in Moscow
Food cards are introduced in Berlin
29 August
Jessica Stewart Dismor commits suicide
Neville Chamberlaine's speech on future war in House of Commons
Hitler declines British proposals for peace negotiations with Poland
30 August
Poland orders general mobilisation
Concentration of German forces on Polish border
German ultimatum to Poland is issued
31 August
Orders are given to German army to move to Poland
Last conversations between British ambassador Henderson and Ribbentrop
French troops moved to German border