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1939

August

26
- The Jablunkov incidentOn the night of 25–26 August 1939 Abwehr saboteurs, unaware the attack was off, seized Mosty station but failed to take the tunnel under the Jablunkov Pass.
28
- The Tarnów station bombingAt 11.18 p.m. on 28 August 1939 a bomb planted by Abwehr agent Antoni Guzy exploded at Tarnów station. Between 20 and 24 people died and dozens were injured.

November

17
- IRA bombings in LondonIn November 1939 bombs blamed on the IRA went off in London again. Its bombing campaign had begun in January and, once war broke out, became a security matter.

1942

August

08
- The execution of the Operation Pastorius saboteursOn 8 August 1942 six German saboteurs from Operation Pastorius, condemned by a military commission, were executed in the electric chair in Washington.

1943

April

30
- Operation MincemeatOn 30 April 1943 HMS Seraph left the body of a fictitious Major Martin off Huelva, with letters pointing to Allied landings in Greece and Sardinia.