August 6th, 1939 (SUNDAY)
FREE CITY OF DANZIG: German authorities tell the Poles that their customs officials can no longer work in the port.
ITALY: Fearing Germany will go to war with Poland, the Duce Benito Mussolini, and Count Galeazzo
Ciano, his son-in-law and Foreign Minister, discuss possible ways to evade the terms of
the Pact of Steel, signed with Germany on 23
May. The pact commits them to aiding Germany, but Italy is 3 years short of readiness for
war.
BRITISH EMPIRE:
No. 39 squadron (RAF) sets out from Risalpur (North-West Frontier of India) with 9
Blenheims I's on the first leg of its intended transfer to Kallang, Singapore. Due to the
British government's concern over the defence of the naval base at Singapore, some units
are transferred from the North-West Frontier of India.