Recent content by Raoul de Champignac

2 September German Reich The government announces that Norwegian neutrality will be respected provided that Great Britain and France do the same. Chancelor Hitler rejects an offer to negotiate the conflict between Germany and Poland made by Duce Mussolini on August 31 and the proposal for a...

Republic of Poland At 4:45 a.m. German forces invaded the country without declaring war. The code name for this operation is: Fall Weiss (Plan White). The Germans assigned 52 divisions for the invasion (approximately 1,500,000 men), including the 6th Armored Division and all their motorized...

1939/ 1/ September United States of America President Roosevelt calls for an indiscriminate ban on the bombing of civilians and undefended towns. German Reich An official message announced that the Polish regular army had started to open fire on the Germans along the border and that the...