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On October 8, 1939, Germany formally annexed Western Poland. An excerpt from the article:
"In accordance with the secret protol to their non-aggression pact, Germany and the Soviet Union partitioned Poland on September 29, 1939. The demarcation line was along the Bug River.
The last resistance of Polish units ended on October 6.
The German Occupation of Poland
In October 1939, Germany directly annexed former Polish territories along German's eastern border: West Prussia, Poznan (Poznań), Upper Silesia, and the former Free City of Danzig. The remainder of German-occupied Poland—including the cities of Warsaw, Krakow (Kraków), Radom, and Lublin—was organized as the so-called Generalgouvernement (General Government—under a civilian governor general, the Nazi Party lawyer Hans Frank."
"In accordance with the secret protol to their non-aggression pact, Germany and the Soviet Union partitioned Poland on September 29, 1939. The demarcation line was along the Bug River.
The last resistance of Polish units ended on October 6.
The German Occupation of Poland
In October 1939, Germany directly annexed former Polish territories along German's eastern border: West Prussia, Poznan (Poznań), Upper Silesia, and the former Free City of Danzig. The remainder of German-occupied Poland—including the cities of Warsaw, Krakow (Kraków), Radom, and Lublin—was organized as the so-called Generalgouvernement (General Government—under a civilian governor general, the Nazi Party lawyer Hans Frank."
Invasion of Poland, Fall 1939
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PFC David Foster
I noticed that too... The Polls didn't know what they were getting into... I imagine all kinds of promises were made to get them to disarm.
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Sad times for the Polish people.... The devil himself rose from the depths of hell to occupy Poland...
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