[Homer_J_Simpson]

[On August] twenty-third, after a meeting of the OKW section chiefs, General Halder noted in his diary: “Y Day definitely set for the 26th (Saturday).”

William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

8/23/39: "Another German pocket-battleship, this time the Deutschland sails through the North Sea, without the British noticing."

http://www.worldwar-2.net/prelude-to-war/prelude-to-war-index.htm On this thread:

Developments in Europe – 2
Commons is Called – 3-5
Statement by the British – 6
Ribbentrop on Way – 7-8
Poles Doubt Help to Reich in Accord – 9-10
Czechs Decry British on Russo-Reich Pact – 10
Americans in Europe Start to Rush Home; Normandie Sails Today Completely Booked – 11
France Prepares to Stop Germany – 12-13
‘Shuttle Bombing Raids Face Reich in War; British Held to Have Plan for Polish Bases – 14

Ribbentrop in Moscow update at reply #2.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

Well the die is cast! A hundred million people have been sentenced to death!