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Interestingly enough, if I remember correctly, the Germans tried hush the ATHENIA attack up initially, seizing the U-boat’s log book, ordering the crew to keep quiet, and floating the claim the Brits sunk it.
Poles report gains? Talk about a delusion
The French military wass called the best by “experts”?
I don’t think I ever heard much about the U-boats operating in the Carribean before.
Thanks for this. The excellent quality of the journalism is remarkable to me, especially in comparison to the twaddle we typically see today.
Page 7 - The Herald story said the submarine fell in behind the liner and followed for four hours apparently communicating with her by radio. AND The Daily Express prints a report from the Panama Canal Zone that a Netherlands steamer has brought word there that four German submarines are refueling at Curacao
Looks like the fog of war sets in quickly. We are already chasing shadows in the press.
Page 7 - German bombers threw gas bombs on the unfortified village of Grudisk in the county of Ciechanow AND Page 10 The Polish Ambassador to London, Cound Edward Raczynski, tonight declared that new German air attacks in parts of Poland had disclosed that the civilian population is suffering with the Germans using gas in their raids
This is the second report of gas attack on Polish cities since the 1st. I wish I could remember where I read or heard this and maybe someone can help me out here, but I remember that some of the artillery at the beginning of action was older and tended to create a white cloud when hitting targets (which was really just unexploded ordinance which was pulverized). I wonder if that's where these reports are coming from because to my knowledge there were no gas attacks on Poland.
Page 10 - General Maxime Weyhand was named Commander in Chief of the French forces in the Eastern Mediterranean today.. and Page 14 The King approved the appointment of Major Gen. Sir Edmund Ironside as Chief of the Imperial Defense Staff..
Introducing two players we will be discussing in more detail down the road here.
Page 15 - An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Warsaw reported early today that Polish troops had crossed the German frontier nor of Breslau and were fighting on German soil. and Page 16 (Polish Telegraphic Agency in Warsaw) Polish aviators smashed two large detachments of German tanks near Czestochowa.
More fog of war. And some wishful thinking too. By this time Warsaw for pretty isolated as far as communications goes and any information coming in would be sketchy at best. These Warsaw telegraphs are a very good example of how bad the information in the city really was.
Page 25 - Reich 'Bltizkrieg' is Now Ruled Out
This article is incredible. Not only does it give another example on how 'blitzkrieg' was a fascination of the western media. In the article the way they define 'Blitzkrieg' is very similar to the way it was first mentioned in the military periodical "Deutsche Wehr" in 1935 when it states that countries with weak food industry and not a lot of raw materials should move "to finish a war quickly and suddenly by trying to force a decision right at the very beginning through the ruthless employment of their total fighting strength." It also shows a certain niavity by the allies since they believe that it cannot be done because the condition of surprise has been lost. It also touts the protection afforded the French by the Maginot Line as well as their "mobile" forces behind that line. It may be worthwhile to revisit this article after May 20th when things have unraveled.
Page 26 - General Pershing Silent as he Studies War News
That's too bad. I'd like to know his opinion on these events since many of his underlings will be picking up the ball on this one.
Up to this point here were the documented murders by the Nazis against the Polish population:
# Starogard 2 September 150 Poles and 40 Jews
# Swiekatowo 3 September 26 Poles
# Wieruszów 3 September 20 Jews
# Widawa 3 September A Rabbi was burned to death
# Czestochowa September 4 180 Jews murdered
# Imielin 4-5 September 28 Poles