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History on the 4th of September

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04 Sep 1914 WW2 Settsu arrived at Sasebo, Japan. 
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04 Sep 1925 WW2 Milton Miles married Wilma Sinton Jerman in Hong Kong, one day after Jerman arrived from the United States. 
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04 Sep 1934 WW2 Adolf Hitler arrived at Nürnberg, Germany for the 4th Nazi Party rally. 
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04 Sep 1934 WW2 Hawker submitted the "F.36/34 Single-Seat Fighter-High Speed Monoplane" design to the British Air Ministry. 
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04 Sep 1936 WW2 Francisco Largo Caballero (the leader of the Socialists) became Spain's Prime Minister. His Government was a coalition of Socialists, Communists and Left Republicans. 
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04 Sep 1937 WW2 USS Pollack arrived at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, United States, ending her shakedown cruise in the Caribbean Sea. 
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04 Sep 1937 WW2 Japanese diplomatic personnel previously stationed in Nanjing, China arrived in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China by train for evacuation to Japan. 
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04 Sep 1937 WW2 Hiroshi Nemoto was attached to the headquarters of the Japanese North China Area Army. 
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04 Sep 1939 WW2 Adolf Hitler forbade any further attacks on passenger ships. 
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04 Sep 1939 WW2 30 RAF bombers attacked the German Navy at Wilhelmshaven, Cuxhaven, and Shillig Roads in Germany. Seven of thirty aircraft were shot down and the handful of bombs that hit their targets failed to explode. No.107 Squadron from Wattisham lost four out of five Blenheim bombers, which was the RAF's first fatalities. 
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04 Sep 1939 WW2 In Germany, a War Economy Decree was published which laid down guidelines for the rapid mobilization of civilian resources and the conversion of the economy to war. 
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04 Sep 1939 WW2 Germans executed 1000 Poles near Bydgoszcz, including a number of Boy Scouts. 
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04 Sep 1939 WW2 Alan Turing reported to Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. 
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04 Sep 1939 WW2 United States increased patrols on its east coast. 
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04 Sep 1940 WW2 French Army General Maurice Martin took over Franco-Japanese negotiations for Indochina. Japanese intelligence intercepted a French cable that detailed Indochina affairs to the United States and the United Kingdom, signaling that the US and the UK still had influence in Indochina politics. Japanese Army argued that force must now to be used before US and UK openly asserted pressure. 
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04 Sep 1940 WW2 German motor torpedo boats attacked Allied convoy FS.271 off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. S-21 sank ships Corbrook and New Lambton, S-22 sank Fulham IV (entire crew survived), S-18 sank British ship Joseph Swan (only 1 survived) and Dutch ship Nieuwland (8 killed), and S-54 damaged ship Ewell. 
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04 Sep 1940 WW2 German submarine U-45 sank Irish ship Luimneach 200 miles west of Brest, France at 2000 hours. 3 were rescued by U-45 and 15 were rescued by a French fishing boat. 
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04 Sep 1940 WW2 German submarine U-47 sank British ship Titan of Allied convoy OA-207 250 miles northwest of Ireland at 0128 hours, killing 6. 89 survivors were rescued by escorting destroyer HMCS St. Laurent. 
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04 Sep 1940 WW2 Romanian King Carol II handed power over to the pro-German General Ion Antonescu. 
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04 Sep 1940 WW2 Prince Nagahisa passed away in an airplane crash at Zhangjiakou in Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang in northern China. 
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04 Sep 1940 WW2 Adolf Hitler addressed a crowd of factory workers, nurses, and relief workers during the Winter Relief Campaign at the Berlin Sportpalast, declaring that Germany would now answer British night raids on German cities with greater ferocity. 
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04 Sep 1940 WW2 Fairey Swordfish aircraft from the British Fleet Air Arm's 815 and 819 Squadrons attacked the Calato and Gadurra airfields on Rhodes, Greece. They should had been accompanied by Swordfish aircraft from 813 and 824 Squadrons but these were delayed in their departure from HMS Eagle and when they arrived the Italian defences were alerted with fighters waiting for them. Four of the Swordfish aircraft were shot down. The Italians lost two aircraft destroyed and seven damaged on the ground. 
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04 Sep 1940 WW2 German bombers attacked RAF airfields at Eastchurch, Lympne, and Rochford, along with the Short Brothers factories at Rochester and the Vickers-Armstrong aircraft factory at Brooklands in Surrey (55 killed, 250 wounded). RAF Group Captain Grice at Biggin Hill decided to blow up his own hangars to prevent further German attacks; he was later censured in a Court of Enquiry for this action, but no conclusions were made in court. On this day, the Germans lost 6 Bf 109 fighters, 13 Bf 110 fighters, and 1 He 111 bomber; the British lost 9 Spitfire fighters and 6 Hurricane fighters and combat. Overnight, British cities in South Wales and the Midlands were attacked by German bombers. 
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04 Sep 1941 WW2 Finnish troops captured Beloostrov, which was 20 miles from Leningrad, Russia. Germany requested Finland to immediately press on against the city, but Finland rejected, noting that Finland was only attempting to reclaim territory lost to the Soviets. 
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04 Sep 1941 WW2 American destroyer Greer pursued German submarine U-652 for 2 hours 190 miles southwest of Iceland; the two ships attacked each other but no damage was inflicted on either side. The torpedoes fired at USS Greer represented the first German attack on a US warship. 
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04 Sep 1941 WW2 German cruiser Admiral Scheer departed the Baltic Sea for Oslo, Norway. 
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04 Sep 1942 WW2 German submarine U-171 sank empty Mexican tanker Amatlan 15 miles off of the coast of Northern Mexico in the Gulf of Mexico at 0430 hours; 10 were killed, 24 survived; 10 torpedoes were expended on this attack. 
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04 Sep 1942 WW2 USS Pompano sank Japanese guardship No. 27 Nanshin Maru off Japan. 
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04 Sep 1942 WW2 USS Growler sank Japanese ammunition ship Kashino off Taiwan. 
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04 Sep 1942 WW2 USS Skipjack arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending her fourth war patrol. 
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04 Sep 1942 WW2 Japanese defenses halted Australian 2/9th Battalion's attack at Goroni on the coast of Milne Bay, Australian Papua. Further inland, Japanese troops penetrated the lines set up by Australian 2/16th and 2/14th Battalions at Myola Ridge on the Kokoda Track. After dark, Japanese ships evacuated the surviving men of the failed 8 Aug 1942 amphibious attack at Milne Bay. 
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04 Sep 1942 WW2 US Marine Corps 1st Raider Battalion conducted a reconnaissance mission on Savo Island near Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, reporting it to be free of Japanese troops. Meanwhile, Japanese barges attempting to bring artillery and heavy equipment to Guadalcanal were sunk off Santa Isabel Island by US aircraft based in Henderson Field on Guadalcanal. After dark, Japanese destroyers Yudachi, Hatsuyuki, and Murakumo delivered 1,000 Japanese troops at Taivu, Guadalcanal. 
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04 Sep 1942 WW2 Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Truk, Caroline Islands. 
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04 Sep 1942 WW2 Repair ship Akashi completed the repair work for seaplane tender Chitose at Truk, Caroline Islands. 
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04 Sep 1942 WW2 USS Flying Fish attacked a Japanese patrol craft off Truk, Caroline Islands with a torpedo, which missed; she sustained a depth charge attack. 
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04 Sep 1942 WW2 New Zealand 5th Brigade and British 132nd Brigade harrassed retreating German troops in Egypt. 
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04 Sep 1942 WW2 251 British bombers (98 Wellington, 76 Lancaster, 41 Halifax, and 36 Stirling) attacked Bremen, Germany, damaging or destroying 71 industrial buildings and 1,821 houses; 12 bombers were lost on this mission. 
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04 Sep 1942 WW2 USS Guardfish attacked a Japanese convoy off Kuji, Japan, sinking freighter Kaimei Maru and passenger-cargo ship Tenyu Maru. Guardfish continued to pursue the convoy, sinking freighter Chita Maru with a torpedo inside of Kuji harbor. 
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04 Sep 1942 WW2 After seeing several comrades die from dysentery without medical attention, the commanding officer of the protesting prisoners of war at Selarang prisoner of war camp in Singapore gave the order to abandon the protest against the Japanese demand that they pledge to not make any attempts to escape their imprisonment. 
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04 Sep 1943 WW2 Lae-Salamaua on New Guinea was recaptured by Allied forces. 
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04 Sep 1943 WW2 First Lieutenant Jay T. Robbins, a P-38 fighter pilot with US 8th Fighter Group's 80th Squadron based at Port Moresby, New Guinea who had already gained a number of victories, whilst on patrol over the invasion beachhead on northern New Guinea shot down four Japanese Zero fighters during the course of a single sortie. Then with no ammunition left, damaged controls and one engine failing he broke off the engagement with three more Japanese fighters in hot pursuit. Flying low over the sea he led the enemy over some American cruisers and destroyers that were supporting the landing operations. Anti-aircraft fire from the ships drove off the Japanese planes allowing Lieutenant Robbins' crippled aircraft to limp back to base. Robbins went on to become the fourth-ranking US ace of the Pacific war with 22 victories to his credit. 
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04 Sep 1943 WW2 A group of British prisoners of war at Oflag IV-C camp at Colditz Castle in Germany attempted to escape by having Lieutenant Mike Sinclair dress up as the respected WW1 veteran and now camp guard Stabsfeldwebel Fritz Rothenberger. The plan nearly succeeded before one of the guards grew suspicious and asked to see the pass from "Rothenberger". As the plan fell apart, Sinclair was shot in the chest by a pistol, though he would recover from the wound. 
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04 Sep 1943 WW2 Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Part of Air Group 16 departed. More of Fighting Squadron 5 (VF-5; Model F6F-3) arrived on board. More of Bombing Squadron 5 (VB-5; Model SBD-5) arrived on board. More of Torpedo Squadron 5 (VT-5; TBF-1) arrived on board. 
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04 Sep 1943 WW2 Major General Matthew Ridgway and his staff, having worked all night, issued their plans for the US 82nd Airborne Division to descend on the Rome airports on the night of the Italian armistice (Operation Giant 2). This satisfied General Giuseppe Castellano, Pietro Badoglio's emissary to the Allies, that a joint Allied-Italian military co-operation against Germany could lead to the Allies giving really generous peace terms as had been promised by Dwight Eisenhower at the lengthy held conference at Cassibile on 3 September 1943. Castellano's adjutant flew to Rome in the General's private plane on the following day but, alas, General Vittorio Ambrosio, the Italian Chief of Staff of the armed forces, and his War Office Staff sat on the plans and took no action. And by the time they were passed to Badoglio for approval the Allies had already begun landing at Salerno, Italy. 
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04 Sep 1943 WW2 USS Sunfish sank Japanese ship Kozon Maru off Taiwan, hitting her with 2 of 4 torpedoes fired. 
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04 Sep 1944 WW2 Finland and the Soviet Union reached an agreement for a cease fire; one of the provisions was the removal of all German forces from Finland by 15 Sep 1944. 
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04 Sep 1944 WW2 Allies launched Operation Ratweek, consisting of mostly air operations with some commando and partisan participation, with the intention of hindering German operations and withdrawals in the Balkan Peninsula. 
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04 Sep 1944 WW2 British 11th Armoured Division captured Antwerp, Belgium. 
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04 Sep 1944 WW2 USS Segundo departed Saipan, Mariana Islands. 
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04 Sep 1944 WW2 USS Becuna moored next to submarine tender USS Holland, took on 43,800 gallons of fuel oil, received repairs, and transferred the Japanese prisoner off board. 
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04 Sep 1944 WW2 British troops launched the first of eleven failed assaults on Gemmano, Italy. 
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04 Sep 1944 WW2 USS Whale arrived at Tanapag Harbor, Saipan, Mariana Islands. 
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04 Sep 1944 WW2 USS Ticonderoga transited through the Panama Canal. 
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04 Sep 1944 WW2 In the United States, a Federal Bureau of Investigation internal memorandum to J. Edgar Hoover noted that Argentina, with its sizable and influential German community, could provide refuge for Adolf Hitler and other top Nazi German leaders. 
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04 Sep 1945 WW2 RAF aircraft dropped fresh uniforms and 88,000 Red Cross parcels on POW camps throughout the South East Asia region. 
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04 Sep 1945 WW2 Japanese troops on Wake Island surrendered. 
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04 Sep 1945 WW2 Seishiro Itagaki surrendered to Allied troops in Singapore. 
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04 Sep 1945 WW2 Dai Li, with Chiang Kaishek's support, dissolved the Sino-American Special Technical Cooperative Organization (SACO) as its mission had been concluded successfully. 
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04 Sep 1945 WW2 Milton Miles arrived in Shanghai, China by aircraft to prepared for the arrival of the US Navy 7th Fleet. 
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04 Sep 1945 WW2 The Soviet State Defense Committee, GKO, was disbanded. 
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04 Sep 1947 WW2 USS Brill departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. 
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