20 Mar 1939
- German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop demanded Memel from Lithuania. ww2dbase [Annexation of Klaipeda | CPC]
- The German expedition team consisting of Ernst Schäfer, Bruno Beger, Karl Wienert, Ernst Krause, and others departed Lhasa, Tibet. They studied Tibetan culture, measured the physical traits of 376 people, and took over 40,000 photographs. ww2dbase [Lhasa, Tibet | CPC]
- Chinese troops repulsed a Japanese attack across the Xiushui River near Wucheng, Jiangxi Province, China; Chinese defenders reported that the Japanese were mixing chemical weapons among traditional artillery shells. To the west of Nanchang, the primary objective, Japanese troops reached the Ganjiang Bridge. ww2dbase [Battle of Nanchang | Jiangxi | CPC]
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