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The Invasion of Poland in World War Two

Dan Snow's History Hit

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The German Invasion and Polish Preparation

The first shots are fired by the an aged e german battleship de schleswig holstein, which opens fire at almost point blank range on a polish depot. Town of velon, for example, is raided er soon after five o'clock. Again, vellon is undefended and is almost completely destroyed ed by german stukers. Another town called tiche, which is strategically important, a crossing on the river vistula, is raided at four 30 in the morning as well. So already in adorn, shots are being fired and the tanks are rolling across the frontier. And what was the state of polish preparation? It's actually quite thorough.

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