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New ‘Weapon Seen – 1-3
‘Negro’ Baby of Lost Liner Becomes White After Bath – 3
Canadian Cardinal Urges We Avoid War – 4
Incidents in European Conflict – 4
British Halt Italian Liner As Nazis Hint Retaliation – 4
‘Old 7th’ Marksmen Test New Garand Rifle, Firing 32 Shots a Man a Minute on Range – 5
18 Needy Youths Get Scholarship Funds – 6

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http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1939/nov39/f20nov39.htm

Dutch down German plane
Monday, November 20, 1939 www.onwar.com

In Holland... A German airplane is shot down by Dutch aircraft.

From Berlin... Hitler issues a second directive for the attack on the west.

In Occupied Czechoslovakia... SS troops are reportedly in control of Prague.

In Britain... Luftwaffe planes start parachuting mines into the Thames estuary. Meanwhile, the minesweeper HMS Mastiff is blown up while attempting to recover a German magnetic mine in a fishing net.

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http://www.time.com/time/magazine/0,9263,7601391120,00.html

TIME
Table of Contents: November 20, 1939