12 Oct 1939
- German submarine U-48 sank French tanker Emile Miguet and British freighter Heronspool. ww2dbase [Start of the Battle of the Atlantic | CPC]
- Finland and Russia were deadlock in negotiations. ww2dbase [The Winter War | TH]
- Fedor von Bock was appointed the commanding officer of the German Army Group B (Heeresgruppe B). ww2dbase [Fedor von Bock | CPC]
- Hans Frank is appointed Gauleiter of the General Government in occupied Poland. ww2dbase [Hans Frank | TH]
- British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain rejected Adolf Hitler's proposal for a multi-power conference for peace made on 6 Oct 1939. ww2dbase [Neville Chamberlain | CPC]
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