10 Aug 1939
- Reinhard Heydrich ordered SS Officer Alfred Naujocks to fake an attack on a radio station near Gleiwitz, Germany, which was on the border with Poland. "Practical proof is needed for these attacks of the Poles for the foreign press as well as German propaganda", said Heydrich, according to Naujocks. ww2dbase [Invasion of Poland | CPC]
- Poland responded to Germany's message from the previous day, noting that should a war between the two nations start, it would be German aggression that started it, and Poland could not be blamed. ww2dbase [The Danzig Crisis | CPC]
- Léon Henri Charles Cayla was named the Governor-General of French West Africa. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano departed Rome, Italy for Salzburg in southern Germany (occupied Austria) to meet with his German counterpart Joachim von Ribbentrop. ww2dbase [Galeazzo Ciano | Rome | CPC]
- P-39 Airacobra fighter entered production with a US Army order for 80 aircraft. ww2dbase [P-39 Airacobra | CPC]
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