Chronology of World War II

September 1939

Thursday, September 21st


Germany, Policy

Reinhard Heydrich announces from Berlin that all Polish Jews are to herded into ghettos.

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Poland

Artillery bombardment of key points in Warsaw is intensified.


Murder of the Defenseless


Murder of the Defenseless
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Rumania

The Romanian prime minister, Armand Calinescu, is murdered by the Iron Guard, a Fascist organization.

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