[Homer_J_Simpson]

August 22. - Last evening at 10:30 a new act opened [Ciano recorded in his diary]. Ribbentrop telephoned that he would prefer to see me in Innsbruck rather than at the frontier, because he was to leave later for Moscow to sign a political pact with the Soviet Government.

William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

[Homer_J_Simpson]

22/08/1939: Hitler authorizes the killing "without pity or mercy, all men, women and children of Polish descent or language."

http://www.worldwar-2.net/prelude-to-war/prelude-to-war-index.htm

Developments in Europe – 2
Germans Elated – 3-4
Reich Troops Jam Routes to Poland – 5
London Staggered – 6-7 Poland Unshaken; Still Would Fight – 8
German Bomb (Editorial) – 9

Nazi-Soviet Talks update at reply #2.
German military conference update at reply #4.
Ciano diary update at reply #5.