15 Aug 1939
- Germany secretly canceled the upcoming annual Nazi Party rally in Nürnberg, Germany due to the planned war. ww2dbase [CPC]
- German Ambassador to the Soviet Union Friedrich-Werner von der Schulenburg read a mesage from German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop to Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov regarding Germany's request to send a high-level diplomat to Soviet Union for talks. Meanwhile, French Prime Minister Édouard Daladier ordered his representatives in Russia to quickly conclude the negotiations with the Soviet Union. ww2dbase [Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact | CPC]
- Italy mobilized the "San Marco" naval infantry battalion. ww2dbase [CPC]
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