6 May 1939
- Ascari was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Ascari | CPC]
- Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano met with his German counterpart Joachim von Ribbentrop in Milan, Italy, where Ciano informed Ribbentrop that Italy would not be ready for war for another three years. Ribbentrop noted the comment, and informed Ciano that Adolf Hitler did not yet have any plans for war. ww2dbase [The Danzig Crisis | CPC]
- Upon learning from Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano, who had met German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop earlier on that day, that Adolf Hitler did not wish to launch a war in the foreseeable future, Benito Mussolini eagerly ordered Ciano to engage in talks for a military alliance between the two countries. ww2dbase [The Pact of Steel | CPC]
- Lieutenant Commander Donald Sidley Evans was made the commanding officer of USS Stewart. ww2dbase [Stewart | CPC]
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