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August 11th, 1939 (FRIDAY)

UNITED KINGDOM: The Foreign Office learns that Germany will be in a state of complete military readiness on the 15th.

GERMANY: Karl Burckhardt, Commissioner of the League of Nations in Danzig, is summoned to see Hitler in Berchtesgaden.

Ciano and Ribbentrop meet in Salzburg, and when Ciano asks Ribbentrop whether Germany wants the 'Polish Corridor' or Danzig, Ribbentrop replies, 'Not that any more. We want war.'

U-124 laid down.

FREE CITY OF DANZIG: Gauleiter Forster warns Danzig Nazis to be prepared for anything.

U.S.S.R.: The Anglo-French delegation finally arrives in Moscow. It is agreed to start talks the next day.

U.S.A.: Destroyer USS Hammann commissioned.

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