World War II 1939: How Hitler’s Invasion of Poland Started the War

September 1, 1939 — 4:45 AM. A German battleship "on a friendly visit" turns its guns on a tiny Polish garrison, and the deadliest war in human history begins. This is the real story of how Hitler's invasion of Poland unfolded: the broken promises, the secret codebreakers in a Polish forest who handed Britain a war-winning gift, the two dictators who carved up a country that belonged to neither of them, and the five-week campaign fought by soldiers history forgot. Discover how one invasion set the entire world on fire.

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