German invasion of Poland 1939
The German battleship 'Schleswig-Holstein' fires the opening shots of the war into the Polish city of Danzig. As German troops flood across the border, Warsaw also comes under bombardment
German invasion of Poland 1939
The German battleship 'Schleswig-Holstein' fires the opening shots of the war into the Polish city of Danzig. As German troop...
The blitzkrieg tradition
Dr Simon Trew looks at the new theories of mobile warfare that developed across Europe in the run up to 1939, and how German ...
Polish defeat
Dr Simon Trew explains how strategic geography gave the Poles little chance against the German onslaught in September 1939...
Nazi broadcaster defends German invasion of Poland
On August 31, 1939, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler signed an order to attack Poland, and German forces moved to the frontier....
Myths of Polish defeat
Dr Duncan Anderson examines the reasons for Poland's rapid defeat in 1939...
Air raid precaution demonstration in wars
An Air Raid Precaution test held in Warsaw, though hopes for peace linger...
Pre-invasion Polish military
News report reviewing Poland's military forces before they were swept away by the German Blitzkrieg...
The Versailles military clauses
Dr Duncan Anderson argues that the unintended consequences of the Versailles Treaty, ironically, helped Germany to develop th...
