15 Nov 1938
- Hiroaki Abe was promoted to the rank of rear admiral. ww2dbase [Hiroaki Abe | CPC]
- Tamon Yamaguchi was promoted to the rank of rear admiral. ww2dbase [Tamon Yamaguchi | CPC]
- Captain Aritomo Goto was named the commanding officer of battleship Mutsu. ww2dbase [Mutsu | CPC]
- Takeo Takagi was promoted to the rank of rear admiral. ww2dbase [Takeo Takagi | CPC]
- Chuichi Nagumo was named the commanding officer of the 3rd Cruiser Division. ww2dbase [Chuichi Nagumo | CPC]
- Vice Admiral Ichiro Sato succeeded Vice Admiral Masaichi Maeda as the commanding officer of the Ryojun Military Port (previously known as Port Arthur; now Lushunkou, Liaoning Province, China), Kwantung Leased Territory in northeastern China. ww2dbase [Ryojun Guard District | Lushunkou, Liaoning | CPC]
- In Germany, Jewish children were expelled from schools. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | CPC]
- Captain Shutoku Miyazato was named the commanding officer of Naka. ww2dbase [Naka | CPC]
- Vice Admiral Sonosuke Kobayashi was named the commanding officer of Chinkai Guard District in southern Korea. ww2dbase [Chinkai Guard District | Chinkai, Gyeongsangnam | CPC]
- The International Brigades paraded through Barcelona, Spain before being disbanded. ww2dbase [The Spanish Civil War | Barcelona, Catalonia | AC]
- Vice Admiral Goro Hara was named the commanding officer of the Mako naval port at Pescadores islands, Taiwan. ww2dbase [Mako Guard District | Mako, Hoko | CPC]
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