8 Oct 1939
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
- A RAF reconnaissance plane shot down a German flying boat conducting reconnaissance over the North Sea. ww2dbase [North Sea | TH]
- Cruiser Köln began in a raid in the North Sea. ww2dbase [Köln | North Sea | CPC]
- Chinese 195th Division pursued the retreating Japanese troops in the Miluo River and Sinchiang River region in Hunan Province, China. ww2dbase [First Battle of Changsha | Hunan | CPC]
- The first Jewish ghetto was established in Piotrkow, Poland. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Piotrkow | CPC]
- The prototype of the Percival Proctor, designed to British Air Ministry Specification 20/38 for a communications and radio training aircraft, made its maiden flight. ww2dbase [Proctor | AC]
- Approximately on this date, U-12 strike a mine just off Kingsdown, England, United Kingdom near Dover and sank; the entire crew of 27 was lost. ww2dbase [Start of the Battle of the Atlantic | U-12 | Kingsdown, England | CPC]
- Joseph Stilwell was made the Infantry Commander of the 2nd Division at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, United States. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | San Antonio, Texas | CPC]

8 Oct 1939 Interactive Map
Please consider supporting us on Patreon. Even $1 per month will go a long way! Thank you. Please help us spread the word: Stay updated with WW2DB: |
Change View
Desktop ViewSearch WW2DB
News
- » US Women's Army Corps "Six Triple Eight" Awarded with Congressional Gold Medal (30 Apr 2025)
- » Wreck of Soviet Submarine M-49 Found (10 Apr 2025)
- » Japanese Emperor Visited Iwoto (Iwo Jima) (8 Apr 2025)
- » Race, Holocaust, and African-American WW2 Histories Removed from the US Naval Academy Library (7 Apr 2025)
- » US Government Plans to Purge WW2 Information (17 Mar 2025)
- » See all news
Random Photograph
Japanese Type 95 Ha-Go tanks destroyed by Australian 2-pounder guns, Bakri, Johor, 18 Jan 1942Current Site Statistics
- » 1,167 biographies
- » 337 events
- » 44,614 timeline entries
- » 1,244 ships
- » 350 aircraft models
- » 207 vehicle models
- » 376 weapon models
- » 123 historical documents
- » 261 facilities
- » 470 book reviews
- » 28,515 photos
- » 365 maps
Famous WW2 Quote
"All right, they're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us... they can't get away this time."Lt. Gen. Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, at Guadalcanal