2-Nov-39: Hitler Recalls Ambassadors to Italy, USSR for Consultations; Soviets Complete Polish Annexations; King George VI Awards RAF Medals
Today is 2-Nov-1939, the 33rd day of World War II; there are 2,130 days left in the conflict.
Two German diplomats, Ambassador to the Soviet Union Fritz-Dietlof von der Schulenberg and Ambassador to Italy Hans Georg von Mackensen are recalled to Berlin for consultations with Reichskanzler Adolf Hitler.
The Soviet Union continues its pattern of annexation of former Polish territory after conducting plebiscites in the conquered area as another portion of east Poland is incorporated as the Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. It will be the final incorporation of territory conquered by the Red Army in September and October.
In London, British King George VI awards medals to five Royal Air Force pilots who led an air raid on Germany’s Kiel Canal in September.