29-Oct-39: OKH Takes Fall Gelb Revision to Hitler; Kriegsmarine Gives Go to Passenger Liner Attacks; Chinese Defections to Japanese Increase; Red Army Occupies Agreed Bases in Latvia
Today is 29-Oct-1939, the 59th day of World War II; there are 2,134 days left in the conflict.
The German High Command of the Army, OberKommando des Heeres (OKH), in response to Reichskanzler Adolf Hitler’s order, brings him a revision to the plan for Fall Gelb (Case Yellow), the invasion of France. The main portion of the invasion force is moved slightly to the south and the force directed at Holland is weakened somewhat. Debate continues within OKH as to if and how Fall Gelb could be modified further.
The German Kriegsmarine issues permission to its warships and U-boats for attacks passenger ships which are traveling in convoys.
The United States military attache in Tokyo reports to Washington that the numbers of Chinese defections to the invading Japanese are increasing. The report says that there are now over 100,000 Chinese under arms and they are known as Huang Hsieh Chun (Imperial Assisting Troops).
The first Red Army troops assigned to bases in Latvia as a result of the recently concluded Lativan-Soviet agreement arrive and begin their occupation.
An official French communique reports that all is quiet along the western front; the British move larger numbers of heavy artillery into positions along their positions facing the Belgian border.