The Invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign or 1939 Defensive War or theFourth Partition of Poland  in Poland and the Poland Campaign  or Fall Weiss (Case White) in Germany, was an invasion of Poland by Germany, the Soviet Union, and a small Slovak contingent that marked the...read more

On that date, in response to Hitler invading Poland, Britain declared war. Almost exactly 25 years after the commencement of the Great War, Europe plunged once more into the abyss. Given Australia’s sufferings in World War I, with 60,000 dead, another 150,000 wounded and its social cohesion...read more

But certainly one of the most significant anniversaries occurs next week – on Monday, September 1. On that date in 1939, Nazi Germany launched its first “Blitzkrieg” against Poland, the final straw as far as the Allies were concerned.

For four years, Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich had been...read more