Timeline - 1939
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26 January 1939Troops loyal to Franco and aided by Italy take Barcelona.
30 January 1939Hitler threatens Jews during Reichstag speech.
02 February 1939Hungary joins Anticomintern Pact.
27 February 1939United Kingdom and France recognize Franco's government.
02 March 1939Pius XII becomes Pope.
15 March 1939Nazis take Czechoslovakia.
28 March 1939Spanish Civil war ends.
07 April 1939Italy invades Albania.
11 April 1939Hungary leaves the League of Nations.
07 May 1939Spain leaves the League of Nations.
22 May 1939Nazis sign Pact of Steel with Italy.
04 July 1939The concentration camp Neuengamme becomes autonomous.
02 August 1939Albert Einstein writes President Franklin Roosevelt about developing the Atomic Bomb.
23 August 1939German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact signed.
25 August 1939Britain and Poland sign a Mutual Assistance Treaty.
30 August 1939Poland begins militar mobilization.
31 August 1939British fleet mobilizes.
01 September 1939Nazis invade Poland.
03 September 1939Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany.
04 September 1939RAF attacks the German Navy.




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