Polands Fall

By Taha Al-Bayati

2/09/39

At appr oximately 4:45 am yester day,

the 1st of Sept ember , 1.5 million Ger ma n
Tr oops inva ded Pola n d by bombin g
their a ir fields. Ch a n cellor Adolf Hitler
cla imed th a t t h e ma ssive a tt a ck wa s a
defensive a ction , but our Pr ime
Minister , Win ston Ch ur ch ill, believes
this is disin gen uous. De Ga lle of Fr a nce,
our a lly,

The Soviet Un ion (Joseph Sta lin ) in va ded ea ster n pola n d,

Winston Ch ur ch ill a n d De Ga lle of Fr a nce, wer e tr ying to
defend pola n d fr om th e in va sion by th e Soviet Un ion a nd
Ger ma ny. Over 6 million people wer e killed dur in g th e
a tta ck on pola n d by Ger ma n y a n d th e Soviet Un ion .

As Soviet tr oops br oke

into Pola n d, t h ey
unexpectedly met up with Ger man tr oops who had fought
their wa y th a t fa r ea st in a little mor e tha n two weeks.
The Ger ma n s r eceded wh en con fr on ted by th e Soviets,
ha ndin g over t h eir Polish pr ison er s of wa r . Th ousa n ds of
Polish t r oops wer e ta ken in to ca ptivity; some Poles simply
sur r ender ed t o th e Soviets t o a void bein g ca ptur ed by th e
Ger ma n s.