Beginning of the war step by step 1939.
Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2017 4:29 pm
Hello to all ; a series of interesting tips ......................................
"From 05:45, we are answering the fire!"
Hitler wanted war, already since months. He realized that "sooner or later he had to come to a confrontation with Poland," the dictator declared on August 22, 1939 before his highest generals. To be honest, he adds, "I made that decision in the spring." However, he had believed that he could "turn first against the West" and "then only against the East." But the time series could not be maintained. "
Now everything is different: first, Poland must be attacked, with the backing of Stalin and his Soviet Union, which has bought Hitler a generous portion of foreseeable spoils. Once again, on August 26, 1939, he had to withdraw the orders to attack. Now, five days later, the Wehrmacht will open the campaign (September 1, 1939).
Berlin, shortly after midnight.
Unusually early, the night meeting dissolves in the Reich Chancellery. Joseph Goebbels points out in his diary: "The Führer is studying maps with us, then ends for today, we have to get some sleep."
Warsaw, at the same time.
Polish Foreign Minister Józef Beck is awaiting the report of his ambassador in Berlin, Józef Lipski. He spoke with Hermann Göring late in the afternoon, but after a few minutes he was dismissed by the second man of the Third Reich because he had no instructions to accept the German ultimatum. Back at the Polish Embassy, Lipski realized that his phone does not work.
Berlin, at the same time.
Secretary of State Ernst von Weizsäcker, second in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, observes fatalistically: "A new section has begun, if my life still has any meaning, it will be seen." The professional diplomat has tried to persuade Poland to accept Hitler's latest demands.
Berlin, around 0:30 hours.
Goebbels tells his wife Magda about the events of the night and the next attack. "She is waiting impatiently," he says. "And then sleep, at night, fate will take its path."
Channel of the port of Danzig/Gdansk, at one o'clock.
The training ship "Schleswig-Holstein", a former battleship of the First World War and visiting Danzig/Gdansk, slowly approaches the Polish position on Westerplatte, which controls the Free City port channel. At the same time, 225 men from the Marinestoßtrupp-Kompanie, an elite unit, are taken ashore in small boats. This is completed around 01:45.
Along the German-Polish border, around 02:30 hours.
Several hundred thousand soldiers of the Wehrmacht wake up. They are among the approximately two dozen divisions that will lead the first attack.
Source: https://www.welt.de/geschichte/zweiter- ... ossen.html
Cheers. Raúl M .
Feliz Navidad - Feliz Natal - Frohe Weihnachten - Joyeux Noël - Merry Christmas - Wesołych Świąt!.
"From 05:45, we are answering the fire!"
Hitler wanted war, already since months. He realized that "sooner or later he had to come to a confrontation with Poland," the dictator declared on August 22, 1939 before his highest generals. To be honest, he adds, "I made that decision in the spring." However, he had believed that he could "turn first against the West" and "then only against the East." But the time series could not be maintained. "
Now everything is different: first, Poland must be attacked, with the backing of Stalin and his Soviet Union, which has bought Hitler a generous portion of foreseeable spoils. Once again, on August 26, 1939, he had to withdraw the orders to attack. Now, five days later, the Wehrmacht will open the campaign (September 1, 1939).
Berlin, shortly after midnight.
Unusually early, the night meeting dissolves in the Reich Chancellery. Joseph Goebbels points out in his diary: "The Führer is studying maps with us, then ends for today, we have to get some sleep."
Warsaw, at the same time.
Polish Foreign Minister Józef Beck is awaiting the report of his ambassador in Berlin, Józef Lipski. He spoke with Hermann Göring late in the afternoon, but after a few minutes he was dismissed by the second man of the Third Reich because he had no instructions to accept the German ultimatum. Back at the Polish Embassy, Lipski realized that his phone does not work.
Berlin, at the same time.
Secretary of State Ernst von Weizsäcker, second in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, observes fatalistically: "A new section has begun, if my life still has any meaning, it will be seen." The professional diplomat has tried to persuade Poland to accept Hitler's latest demands.
Berlin, around 0:30 hours.
Goebbels tells his wife Magda about the events of the night and the next attack. "She is waiting impatiently," he says. "And then sleep, at night, fate will take its path."
Channel of the port of Danzig/Gdansk, at one o'clock.
The training ship "Schleswig-Holstein", a former battleship of the First World War and visiting Danzig/Gdansk, slowly approaches the Polish position on Westerplatte, which controls the Free City port channel. At the same time, 225 men from the Marinestoßtrupp-Kompanie, an elite unit, are taken ashore in small boats. This is completed around 01:45.
Along the German-Polish border, around 02:30 hours.
Several hundred thousand soldiers of the Wehrmacht wake up. They are among the approximately two dozen divisions that will lead the first attack.
Source: https://www.welt.de/geschichte/zweiter- ... ossen.html
Cheers. Raúl M .
Feliz Navidad - Feliz Natal - Frohe Weihnachten - Joyeux Noël - Merry Christmas - Wesołych Świąt!.