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Events on Thursday 27 October 1938 2
1938Battle of WuhanJapan captures China's temporary capital after months of fightingMore than a million Chinese troops fought a long defence of Wuhan against the Japanese advance up the Yangtze. The city fell in October, but the delay allowed the Nationalist government to move to Chongqing.
1938PolenaktionGermany expels Polish JewsThe Nazi regime rounded up about 17,000 Jews with Polish citizenship and forced them across the Polish border. Grynszpan's parents were among the deportees, and his response led to Kristallnacht.