World War II: Causes, Timeline, and Death Toll
World War II: Causes, Timeline, and Death Toll
Before the first radio bulletin crackled to life, before any diplomat reached for a telephone, the bombs were already falling. At 4:40 in the morning on September 1, 1939, German Heinkel bombers banked low over the Polish town of Wieluń — a quiet market town with no significant military garrison — and began...