Sunday, September 24, 1939 - Germans isolate Modlin

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In Poland...
German forces isolate Modlin Fortress, north of Warsaw; reports from Warsaw suggest heavy casualties among those in the city including wounded in hospitals. Meanwhile, Soviet forces enter the Galician oilfields.

In the North Atlantic...
German U-boats sink a Swedish steamer carrying timber and a British cargo ship.

In the United States...
The American Farmer arrives in New York harbor with 29 survivors of the crew of the British steamer Kafristan, sunk by a German U-boat. Passengers and the master of the American Farmer said that while the survivors were still in their boats a British airplane swooped down on the German submarine, spraying its deck with machine gun fire and dropping bombs, one of which fell on the conning tower.

Kafristan
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Over Germany...
French bombers strike the German Zeppelin base at Friedrichshafen.

Zeppelin Base
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On the Western Front...
French artillery fires on the German border.
 
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