WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO DECEMBER 1939
Find out what all happened March to December 1939

The Wound Badge for Wehrmacht, SS, Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe soldiers is instituted. The final version of the Iron Cross is also instituted on this date. (1. September 1939)

Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanchang between the Kuomintang and Japan begins, (17. March 1939)

A Japanese Imperial Army ammunition dump explodes at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94. (1. March 1939)

Winter War: Finland holds off a Soviet attack in the Battle of Kelja. (27. December 1939)

World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the United States Customs Service to implement the Neutrality Act of 1939, allowing cash-and-carry purchases of weapons by belligerents. (4. November 1939)

Taisto Mäki becomes the first man to run the 10,000 metres in under 30 minutes, in a time of 29:52.6 (17. September 1939)

Judge Joseph Force Crater, known as the "Missingest Man in New York", is declared legally dead. (6. June 1939)

World War II: The submarine HMS Oxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMS Triton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss. (10. September 1939)

Nazi Germany mounts a staged attack on the Gleiwitz radio station, creating an excuse to attack Poland the following day thus starting World War II in Europe. (31. August 1939)

World War II: First attack on British territory by the German Luftwaffe. (16. October 1939)

Winter War: Soviet forces cross the Finnish border in several places and bomb Helsinki and several other Finnish cities, starting the war. (30. November 1939)

New York City's La Guardia Airport opens. (2. December 1939)

World War II: Germany annexes Western Poland. (8. October 1939)

The United Kingdom and Poland form a military alliance in which the UK promises to defend Poland in case of invasion by a foreign power. (25. August 1939)

World War II: Sonderaktion Krakau takes place. (6. November 1939)

Shelling of Mainila: The Soviet Army orchestrates an incident which is used to justify the start of the Winter War with Finland four days later. (26. November 1939)

The Wizard of Oz premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California. (15. August 1939)

Burmese national hero U Ottama dies in prison after a hunger strike to protest Britain's colonial government. (9. September 1939)

World War II: Germany takes Memel from Lithuania. (22. March 1939)

Billie Holiday records the first civil rights song "Strange Fruit". (20. April 1939)