Year 1939

WW2 War Diary for September 2, 1939 Poland German Blitzkrieg (lightning war) continues relentlessly. 18 Polish bombers attack German armor in Radom-Piotrkow area, south-west of Warsaw. Air War Luftwaffe enjoys […]

WW2 War Diary for Friday, September 1, 1939: Poland GERMANY INVADES POLAND (code name, Weiss = ‘White’): 48 divisions (6 Panzer) and 1,600 aircraft invade without formal declaration of war