"March 15/16 - Nazis take Czechoslovakia. March 28, 1939 - Spanish Civil war ends. May 22, 1939 - Nazis sign 'Pact of Steel' with Italy. August 23, 1939 - Nazis and Soviets sign Pact. August 25, 1939 - Britain and Poland sign a Mutual Assistance Treaty. August 31, 1939 - British fleet mobilizes; Civilian evacuations begin from London. September 1, 1939 - Nazis invade Poland. September 3, 1939 - Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany. (15 mars 1939 – 14 déc. 1939)

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September 4, 1939 - British Royal Air Force attacks the German Navy.

September 5, 1939 - United States proclaims its neutrality; German troops cross the Vistula River in Poland.

September 10, 1939 - Canada declares war on Germany; Battle of the Atlantic begins.

September 17, 1939 - Soviets invade Poland.

September 27, 1939 - Warsaw surrenders to Nazis; Reinhard Heydrich becomes the leader of new Reich Main Security Office (RSHA).

See also: The History Place - Biography of Reinhard Heydrich.

September 29, 1939 - Nazis and Soviets divide up Poland.

In October - Nazis begin euthanasia on sick and disabled in Germany.

November 8, 1939 - Assassination attempt on Hitler fails.

November 30, 1939 - Soviets attack Finland.

December 14, 1939 - Soviet Union expelled from the League of Nations."

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