31 Mar 1940 | World War II Database

31 Mar 1940

Weather data for 31 Mar 1940

The armed merchant raider Atlantis set sail from Germany. ww2dbase [Main Article | AC]
British Prime Minister Chamberlain called off the mining of the Norwegian coast in protest of the French resistance to the mining of the Rhine River. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
German WWI-era battleship Hessen (serving as ice breaker) and armed merchant cruisers Atlantis, Orion, and Widder departed from Kiel, Germany for their various anti-Allied shipping missions. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
Mussolini informed King Vittorio Emanuele III of Italy that Italy would soon enter the European War. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
Japanese troops completed the evacuation of Wuyuan, Suiyuan Province, China. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

United Kingdom

The British Ministry of Informations introduced paper rationing to publishing and printing industries. The ration, based on consumption over the year 1938-1939, would continue until 1948. ww2dbase [AC]

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