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    1939 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1939. 1939 (MCMXXXIX)...
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    Campaign, Polish Campaign, War of Poland of 1939, and Polish Defensive War of 1939 (1 September – 6 October 1939), was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland...
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  • The year 1939 in film is widely considered the greatest year in film history. The ten Best Picture-nominated films that year include classics in multiple...
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    World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945. The vast majority of the world's countries, including all the great...
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  • The 1939 NCAA basketball tournament involved eight schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship...
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    1939 January February March April May June July August September October November December The following events occurred in September 1939: 1:40 AM: At...
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    boulevards, Warsaw was bombed and besieged at the start of World War II in 1939. Much of the historic city was destroyed and its diverse population decimated...
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    The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). An adaptation of L. Frank Baum's 1900 children's fantasy...
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    forces in the world when World War II broke out in September 1939. By the summer of 1939, the Luftwaffe had twenty-eight Geschwader (wings). The Luftwaffe...
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    Events in the year 1939 in Brazil. President: Getúlio Vargas Alagoas: Osman Laurel Amazonas: Álvaro Botelho Maia Bahia: Landulfo Alves Ceará: Francisco...
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  • The following lists events that happened during 1939 in Australia. Monarch – George VI Governor-General – Alexander Hore-Ruvthen, 1st Baron Gowrie Prime...
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  • Europe at War 1939–1945: No Simple Victory is a history book about World War II in Europe, written by the English historian Norman Davies and first published...
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  • 1939 Devil's Island January 14, 1939 King of the Underworld January 21, 1939 Off the Record January 28, 1939 They Made Me a Criminal February 4, 1939...
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  • two ships were laid down before the Second World War began in September 1939 and a third was ordered during the war, but their construction was suspended...
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  • Release date Title Notes January 6, 1939 Disbarred January 14, 1939 Zaza January 20, 1939 Ambush January 27, 1939 Paris Honeymoon Boy Trouble Followed...
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    as yard number 583 during 1938 and 1939, being completed a few months before the outbreak of war in September 1939 and given to Kapitänleutnant (Kptlt...
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  • list of the early pre-war films produced in the Philippines from 1912 to 1939. For an A-Z see Category:Philippine films "Pelikula, Atbp.: Pre-War Filipino...
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    1918 and 6 October 1939. The state was established in the final stage of World War I. The Second Republic ceased to exist in 1939, after Poland was invaded...
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    Stagecoach is a 1939 American Western film directed by John Ford and starring Claire Trevor and John Wayne in his breakthrough role. The screenplay by...
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  • 1939 Academy Awards may refer to: 11th Academy Awards, the Academy Awards ceremony that took place in 1939 12th Academy Awards, the 1940 ceremony honoring...
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    Union and Finland. It began with a Soviet invasion of Finland on 30 November 1939, three months after the outbreak of World War II, and ended three and a half...
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    Atlantic, the longest continuous military campaign in World War II, ran from 1939 to the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, covering a major part of the naval...
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    The War Medal 1939–1945 is a campaign medal which was instituted by the United Kingdom on 16 August 1945, for award to citizens of the British Commonwealth...
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    diamonds (1939) Sudetenland Medal (20 December 1939) Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd class (18 September 1939) 1st class (20 December 1939) Knight's...
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    Guerre 1939–1945 (English: War Cross 1939–1945) is a French military decoration, a version of the Croix de Guerre created on 26 September 1939 to honour...
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  • abandoned 1939–40 season would have been the 48th season of The Football League. The kick-off in all divisions took place on Saturday 26 August 1939. On Friday...
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    first under the terms of agreements forced by the Soviet Union in autumn 1939, then by direct access to the bases following the Soviet occupation of the...
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    non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union and invaded Poland on 1 September 1939, launching World War II in Europe. In alliance with Italy and other Axis...
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    breakup of the Second Czechoslovak Republic, Carpatho-Ukraine on 15 March 1939 proclaimed itself an independent republic, headed by President Avgustyn Voloshyn...
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    racial prejudice in the United States during the mid-twentieth century. In 1939, during the period of racial segregation, the Daughters of the American Revolution...
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