25 Oct 1939
- Togo departed Boma, Belgian Congo. ww2dbase [Togo / Coronel | CPC]
- French cruiser Dupleix, destroyer Le Fantasque, and destroyer Le Terrible attacked and captured German freighter Santa Fé west of French West Africa. ww2dbase [Dupleix | CPC]
- HMS Hermes departed Dakar, French West Africa as a part of Force X patrolling Atlantic waters for German raiders. ww2dbase [Hermes | Dakar | CPC]
- Mitsubishi delivered the second Zero fighter prototype to the Japanese Navy for testing. ww2dbase [A6M Zero | CPC]
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