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Post by tw4449 on Sept 1, 2009 0:11:43 GMT -5
Yup, it's finally come... WWII started 70 years ago today. One day we'll never see again...
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kalbs
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Post by kalbs on Sept 1, 2009 2:28:03 GMT -5
FROM THE NEWS: A day of commemorations has begun in Poland to mark the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II. The first ceremony took place at dawn on Westerplatte peninsula near Gdansk, where a German battleship fired the first shots on a Polish fort in 1939. Poland's president and prime minister led the ceremony at the fort. Foreign leaders from 20 countries including Germany and Russia are expected in Gdansk later in the day as ceremonies continue. The ceremony marked the exact time on September 1st 1939 when the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein opened fire at point-blank range on the Polish fort there. At the same time, the Germans invaded Poland over three frontiers. The attacks triggered Britain and France's declaration of war against Germany two days later.
God willing, may it never happen again.
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Post by shadycadence on Sept 1, 2009 6:45:03 GMT -5
Didn't the Russians invade at the same time, from the East?
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Post by sir veilance on Sept 1, 2009 9:43:06 GMT -5
Didn't the Russians invade at the same time, from the East? The Russians didn't invade until September 17th. I guess they wanted to make sure the Poles were looking the other way when they invaded
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Post by Fusilier on Sept 1, 2009 13:06:07 GMT -5
Me and some friends are doing a living history in PA this weekend portraying Polish infantry.
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click
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Post by click on Sept 2, 2009 0:09:40 GMT -5
Rest in Peace to all those who died, both Axis and Allied, military and civilian.
May we never forget.
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Post by tw4449 on Sept 2, 2009 1:04:18 GMT -5
Amen.
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