[Homer_J_Simpson]

03/09/1939: 55 Polish peasants are rounded up and shot at Truskolasy by the Nazis.

http://www.worldwar-2.net/timelines/war-in-europe/eastern-europe/eastern-europe-index-1939.htm

An RAF Blenheim bomber of 139 Squadron conducts the RAF's first operational sortie of the war when it flew over to Germany to check shipping in the Schillig Roads. With a frozen radio, it was unable to transmit any information back to base and by the time it landed it was too late to mount an attack that day. Later that night, Whitley bombers conduct an number of leaflet dropping sorties over Germany.

http://www.worldwar-2.net/timelines/war-in-europe/european-air-war/european-air-war-index-1939.htm

The Kriegsmarine begins its campaign against British merchant shipping with 17 U-boats putting to sea out of a total of about 57 operational boats, far fewer than the 300 Dönitz had felt he needed to succeed against Britain.

http://www.worldwar-2.net/timelines/war-at-sea/atlantic/battle-of-the-atlantic-index-1939.htm

[Homer_J_Simpson]

To End Oppression – 2-3
Elliot Roosevelt Urges We Be Calm – 3
Leading Nazi Paper Tells Meaning of Soviet Terms – 3
Announcement of Final Ultimatum – 4
Text of Chamberlain Address – 5
Bulletins on European Conflict – 6-7
Germans Rush Gayly to Arms, Believing Poland Will Be Crushed in 10 Days – 8-9
Germans Mobilize in Festive Spirits – 11
2,000 Americans Sail from Britain – 12
Germans Do Not Believe Attack on Poland Will Lead to World War, Journalist Reports – 12
Hitler’s Tactics Stiffen British – 13
Voters Are Divided on Neutrality Act – 13
Canada Confident on British Course – 14
Combatants Sought by Envoys in Mexico – 14
21 Civilians Killed in Raid on Warsaw – 15-16
Turkey Reiterates Pledge of Loyalty – 16
London Zoo Kills Snakes Lest Air Raid Free Them – 16
Hitler Promises Limited Bombing – 16-17
Soviet in Warning – 18-19

[dfwgator]

03/09/1939: 55 Polish peasants are rounded up and shot at Truskolasy by the Nazis.

Just a note for those who might be confused, the date is in European format, so the date was September 3, 1939, and not March 9, 1939.

[PzLdr]

The Kriegsmarine had begun operations against Britain in August when GRAF SPEE and DEUTSCHLAND put out to sea.