Poland 1939: The Outbreak of World War II

A gripping history of the Nazi invasion of Poland, the true onset of World War II

“Exemplary...About as good as military history can be.” —Timothy Snyder, New York Times

For Americans, World War II began in December 1941, with the bombing of Pearl Harbor; but for Europe, the war began on September 1, 1939, when Hitler’s soldiers invaded Poland, followed later that month by Stalin’s Red Army. The conflict that ensued saw the debut of many of the features that would come to define the later w...