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How 'Operation Himmler' sparked WWII: Disguised as Polish saboteurs, the Nazis attacked a GERMAN radio station to give them an excuse to invade Poland on this day 82 years ago… leading to Britain declaring war on Germany 48 hours later
UK Daily Mail ^
| 09/01/2021
| Ed Wight and Harry Howard
Posted on 09/01/2021 9:59:10 AM PDT by DFG
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To: dfwgator
At the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the start of the war Polish man asked me: If a Polish soldier comes upon both a German and Russian soldier at the same time, which one does he shoot first?
The German because business before pleasure!
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posted on
09/01/2021 12:57:55 PM PDT
by
rfreedom4u
("You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas")
To: rfreedom4u
Yes, I’ve heard that one many times.
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posted on
09/01/2021 1:02:55 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: SES1066
The Soviets would have made a deal with the French and British, but basically the Soviets demanded at least half of Poland for the deal. The Poles wouldn’t bite, and that’s why Stalin made the deal with Hitler, Hitler let him have half of Poland (well at least for a few years).
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posted on
09/01/2021 1:05:47 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
When 1 out of every 5 inhabitants of the country was murdered by either the Germans or the Russians, it’s hard to forget.
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posted on
09/01/2021 1:13:43 PM PDT
by
pierrem15
("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
To: pierrem15
“With the Germans, we lose our lives, with the Russians, we lose our souls.” - General Anders
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posted on
09/01/2021 1:38:05 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: pierrem15
My great-grandparents had lived in the Langfuhr district of Danzig since the late 1890s. Their house was only about 5 km from the Westerplatte peninsula and fort. The house still stands today and looks a lot like it did in 1930 except it was converted to multi-family housing.
My great-grandfather was fairly prosperous in the new battery business and owned factories in Langfuhr. On September 1-7, they had a ring-side seat to the opening of WW II. I'm sure they could hear the SMS Schleswig-Holstein bombardment of Westerplatte and later could see and hear the Stuka dive bombers attacking Westerplatte.
It must have been a horribly frightening experience. Of course, that brief battle in Danzig was nothing compared to what was to come via the Soviet invasion from the east in late 1944 and early 1945.
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posted on
09/01/2021 1:47:30 PM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“Criminal democrats kill babies. Do you think anything else is a problem for them?”)
To: dfwgator
After that, the Western Allies allowed Stalin to keep his ill-gotten gains. Poland was thrown under the bus again.
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posted on
09/02/2021 1:29:58 AM PDT
by
rxh4n1
To: DFG
Why isn’t East Prussia German in that map?
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posted on
09/03/2021 11:39:03 PM PDT
by
rmlew
("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers." )
To: nutmeg
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posted on
09/03/2021 11:53:09 PM PDT
by
nutmeg
(NEVER trust democRATs with national security)
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