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The Invasion of Poland in World War Two

Dan Snow's History Hit

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Starling's Red Army Invades Eastern Poland

The soviet invasion of eastern poland was a surprise for many people, not least the poles themselves. The more you into it, the more bizarre it seemsi it is a military invasion, but it's absolutely chaotic on both sides. Soviets are importing their own brand of warfare as well as bringing in troops from other countries to fight against them. They go in er deliberately sewing disinformation and saying, we're coming to help you against the germans. Of course, they're not. We're not going to hurt you because were all slavic brothers together. It's actually fascinating story that doesn't get about in the sort of conventional narrative,. or two, chaotic on

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