15 Oct 1938
- The Czechoslovakian government resigned after Germany occupied the Sudetenland. ww2dbase [Munich Conference and the Annexation of Sudetenland | TH]
- USS S-26 departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | S-26 | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]
- Walter Grabmann shot down an I-16 fighter over Spain. ww2dbase [Walter Grabmann | CPC]
- Major General Kazuo Otsu was named the chief of staff of the Taiwan Army. ww2dbase [CPC]
15 Oct 1938 Interactive Map
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