WHAT ALL HAPPENED ON 1. SEPTEMBER 1939
Look what happened on 1. September 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)

Switzerland mobilizes its forces and the Swiss Parliament elects Henri Guisan to head the Swiss Army (an event that can happen only during war or mobilization). (1. September 1939)

General George C. Marshall becomes Chief of Staff of the United States Army. (1. September 1939)

World War II: Nazi Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II. (1. September 1939)

Adolf Hitler signs an order to begin the systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and disabled people. (1. September 1939)

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