1932 (TUESDAY)
SWITZERLAND: The League of Nations Assembly holds its third special session of the year, under Paul Hymans of Belgium, in Geneva to continue deliberations on the Japanese occupation of Manchuria. The session ends on 9 December.
1933 (WEDNESDAY)
UNITED STATES: More than 20,000 Nazi sympathizers celebrate "German Day" in New York City's Madison Square Garden.
1934 (THURSDAY)
SWITZERLAND: Ethiopia protests the Walwal attack to the League of Nations stating, ". . . the occupation, by armed troops under the command of Italian officers, of various portions of Ethiopian territory, and, in particular, the places known as Walwal and Wardair in the Ogaden province, as well as the obstacles which the said Italian forces have placed in the way of the survey of the Ogaden pasture-lands, in Ethiopian territory, by the Anglo-Ethiopian Mixed Commission."
1938 (TUESDAY)
INTERNATIONAL: The French and German governments sign an agreement by which both states guarantee the inviolability of the current frontiers and provide for mutual consultation to settle all disputes peacefully.
December 6th, 1939 (WEDNESDAY)
UNITED KINGDOM: RAF Bomber Command: Leaflets and reconnaissance - Kiel - Eckernforde. 10 Sqn. Two aircraft (Whitley Mk. IVs). Weather extremely bad, one rear gunner frost-bitten. Opposition light.RAF Coastal Command: German seaplanes engaged over North Sea, and two seriously damaged; one Coastal Command aircraft did not return.
GERMANY:
POLAND: The SS has shot dead the inmates of Stralsund and Chelm mental asylums.
ATLANTIC OCEAN: Graf Spee meets the German supply ship Altmark at 25.5 degrees south, 24.5 degrees west. The Graf Spee had met the Altmark 9 times to refuel, and this was its last meeting with the ship. Also at this time, the Graf Spee heads towards La Plata off of Uruguay to hide its intention of actually heading back to Germany. (Navynews)