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- Hungary completed the occupation of territory ceded by Czechoslovakia per the First Vienna Award. ww2dbase [First Vienna Arbitration | CPC]
- Erwin Rommel became the commanding officer of the military academy at Wiener Neustadt in southern Germany. ww2dbase [Erwin Rommel | CPC]
- Georg von Bismarck became the commanding officer of the 7th Infantry Regiment in Gera, Germany. ww2dbase [Georg von Bismarck | CPC]
- The defensive garrison at Changsha, Hunan Province, China organized special teams around the city, who task was to set designated buildings ablaze once given the signal. The goal of it was to deprive the Japanese the use of the city should it fall to the imminent Japanese attack. ww2dbase [Changsha, Hunan | CPC]
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