March 1939

Thursday 02:

Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli is elected Pope and takes the name Pius XII.

In Mumbai, Mohandas Gandhi begins to fast in protest of the autocratic rule in India.

German troops fully occupy the Czechoslovak provinces of Bohemia and Moravia.

World War II: Nazi troops occupy the remaining part of Bohemia and Moravia; Czechoslovakia ceases to exist.

Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945): The Battle of Nanchang between the Kuomintang and the Japanese break out.

World War II: Germany takes Memel from Lithuania.

Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli becomes Pope Pius XII.

Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid

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