Liveblogging World War II: August 29, 1943
HowStuffWorks "World War II Timeline: August 15, 1943-August 29, 1943": August 29:
Washington puts Berlin on notice, saying it has become aware of German atrocities against Poles and that the perpetrators will pay for any war crimes when the day of reckoning arrives.
Following Nazi suppression of Danish civil rights and the arrest of King Christian X, the Danes sink most of their naval fleet to prevent it from falling into Nazi hands.