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May 23rd, 1939 (TUESDAY)

GERMANY: Hitler announces to Keitel and his generals that he intends " to attack Poland at the first suitable opportunity."

U-43 is launched.

U.S.A.: The submarine USS Squalus sinks with 59 men off Hampton Beach, New Hampshire. 33 crew are saved. 26 are lost.

 

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