Diplomatic Relations - A mutual assistance treaty is signed between USSR and Latvia granting Russia sea and air bases.
- The Soviets continue their moves to strengthen their position in the Baltic by asking the Finnish government for new talks on altering their boundaries. The Soviets want the cession of some territory near Leningrad, control of the islands in the Gulf of Finland, use of the port of Hanko and other rearrangements of the border in the far north near Murmansk. In return they offer rather more land than they demand in the Suomussalmi area. The Finns only feel able to offer a much
smaller range of concessions.
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German Raiders - 8 British and French hunting groups are formed to hunt for the Admiral Graf Spee. At this stage the British and the French can afford to divert considerable forces to such a task. The Admiral Graf Spee captures the British steamer Newton Beech (4651t) in the South Atlantic. After her crew and cargo are transferred, she is scuttled on the 8th.
- The pocket battleship Deutschland sinks the 5044-ton British merchant SS Stonegate (5044t) in the north Atlantic.
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Poland In the Radzyn-Kock area, the last Polish troops surrender. In the campaign 694,000 Poles from an 800,000 man force were captured by the Germans. The rest were either killed or fled to Rumania or Hungary. German losses were 13,111 killed and missing and 27,278 wounded.
Adolf Hitler salutes parading troops of the German Wehrmacht in Warsaw, Poland, on October 5, 1939 after the German invasion. Behind Hitler are, from left to right: Colonel General Walther von Brauchitsch, Lieutenant General Friedrich von Cochenhausen, Colonel General Gerd von Rundstedt, and Colonel General Wilhelm Keitel. (AP Photo)
Hitler in Warsaw
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