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Subject: 50 Years Ago : Saturday, 16 September, 1939
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From: military@cbnews.att.com
Saturday, 16 September, 1939


Polish forces in Warsaw refuse a German surrender ultimatum.  Fighting
is heavy on the city outskirts.   

The Battle of the Bzura begins to taper off as the Polish forces,
now decimated, grind to a halt in their thrust toward the lower Bzura
River.  Surrounding German troops go over to the attack, and begin
carving the pocket into smaller pieces.

The remains of the Polish air force make isolated, last-ditch
raids on German troop concentrations near Warsaw.

In the first U-boat attack on a North Atlantic convoy, the U-31 sinks
SS Aviemore.  3 more major convoys will leave Halifax in the next week.

The Soviet Union concludes an armistice with Japan, ending the "Nomonhan
Incident" and fighting on the Mongolian border.  The USSR also notifies
the Polish Government that it intends to occupy eastern Poland for
the benefit of the Ukrainian and White Russian minorities there.


References:
C.Argyle, _Chronology of World War II_
J. Piekalkiewicz, _Tank War 1939-1940_
R.Dupuy and T.Dupuy, _The Encyclopedia of Military History_

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Bill Thacker			            military@cbnews.att.com
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"In these weeks I was myself frequently over the Polish battle area, 
including Warsaw itself with its very respectable fighter and 
flak defence..." -Field Marshal Albert Kesselring, _Memoirs_