http://www.worldwar-2.net/timelines/war-in-europe/eastern-europe/eastern-europe-index-1939.htm
There is no separate thread for baseball standings this week.
Germans Cut off Polish Corridor – 2-3
The Developments in Europe – 4
Incidents in European Conflict – 5
British Raid Fleet – 7-8
Fires in Warsaw – 9-10
Berliners Appear Indifferent to Foe – 10
Slovakia Faces Famine If War Lasts Into Winter – 10
German Ship Sunk By British Cruiser – 11
‘Contact’ in West – 12-13
3 U. S. Army Planes Missing in Pacific – 14
Major League Baseball Standings – 15
Bridgeheads over the Vistula? Where; north of Warsaw or South? Both Kuechler’s 3rd Army from East Prussia and Reichenau’s 10th from Silesia are aiming at the Vistula. I suspect this is German 3rd Army as Reichenau has farther to go, even though Kuechler is still facing some determined resistance. The Polish forces opposite Reichenau’s 10th Army have pretty much disintegrated by now.
There was an interesting bio on Reichenau in Shirer’s “The Nightmare Years.” Shirer met Reichenau several times in Germany before the war, and later traveled with Reichenau in Belgium when Reichenau commanded 6th Army in 1940. Shirer had a high opinion of Reichenau, even though Shirer knew he was a hard core Nazi. Anthony Beevor however described him as a “rumbustious thug.” Reichenau was definitely a hard driver, also very much an exercise/health enthusiast. When 10th Army reached the banks of the Vistula in Poland, Reichenau was the first German across. In front of his troops, he swam the river.
The stress of leading 6th Army and also Army Group South in the USSR later caught up with Reichenau. In the winter of 1941-42, while 6th Army was fighting bitterly for its survival against the Soviet counter-offensive, Reichenau went for one of his morning runs when the temperature was -20F. Later that day he suffered a massive heart attack and died before he could be returned to Germany.
German 6th Army was then commanded by a relatively unknown general named Paulus.