HIST 388 Lecture 5: Opening_Moves_and_German_Victories - (Jan22)
18 Nov 2016
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Hitler puts the plans in for case white . He doesn"t believe that the british and the french will honor their commitments to poland. He has known from experience that they have a tendency to balk under pressure. So, german troops head for the polish corridor under the guise of a training exercise. Even the german soldiers don"t know what they"re about to do in most cases. August 26, 1939 : hitler holds a final meeting with his generals. I shall provide a propaganda reason for starting the war. The victor shall not be asked whether or not he told the truth . In starting to wage a war, it is not right that matters, but victory. Eighty million people must obtain what is rightfully theirs. German ss men (hitler"s private political army, which have become a military force) disguise themselves as polish soldiers and attack a german radio station along the german-polish border.
