Part I, part II, part III, part IV, part V … Poland suffered a crushing defeat at the speed of light. Columns of German tanks easily broke through the defenses of the Polish divisions and stormed into the breach. By Sept. 8, 1939, the eighth day of the war, armored […]
Author: Nikolay STARIKOV
Episode 15. Poland Betrayed (V)
Part I, part II, part III, part IV What problems were keeping the leaders and diplomats of the world’s great powers busy during the spring and summer of 1939? Hitler’s primary task was to neutralize the threat of the Soviet Union entering the war. Hoping that England and France would […]
Episode 15. Poland Betrayed (IV)
Part I, part II, part III So, by March 31, 1939, 16 days after Hitler entered Prague, the United Kingdom, which until then had “not noticed” Germany’s aggressive nature and had surrendered Austria and Czechoslovakia to Hitler and meekly handed over the Saarland and the Rhineland, was now ready to […]
Episode 15. Poland Betrayed (III)
Part I, part II In the previous chapters we have examined the cordial relations between Nazi Germany and Second Polish Republic in the 1930s which were disturbed only by a minor territorial dispute, insignificant comparing to the ambitions of both countries in the East… The Germans offered a peaceful and […]
Episode 15. Poland Betrayed (II)
Part I The talks between Nazi Germany and Second Polish Republic about a joint march on the USSR were held for quite a long time, but until Hitler approached the Soviet borders, they were theoretical rather than practival. Unscrupulous division of Czechoslovakia in October 1938, blessed by the Western powers […]
Episode 15. Poland Betrayed (I)
The truth about the roots of the German-Polish conflict that led to World War II has always been carefully concealed. In order to gloss over the Western powers’ distasteful political agenda, the myth was first circulated that Hitler was crazy, possessed by a mania to take over the world, and […]
Episode 14. How Adolf Hitler turned to be a “defiant aggressor” (III)
Part I Part II And now let us take another look at the dates and events of that stormy March of 1939, in order to firmly establish that Hitler really was suddenly recast as an “aggressor,” not because he took over the defenseless country of Czechoslovakia, but because he did […]
Episode 14. How Adolf Hitler turned to be a “defiant aggressor” (II)
Part I As we recall, the promises made to Czechoslovakia by both the West and by Hitler himself would not be valid if that country collapsed. This meant that in order to ensure a peaceful handover to the Fuhrer, “irreconcilable” conflicts needed to quickly flare up that would lead to […]
Episode 14. How Adolf Hitler turned to be a “defiant aggressor” (I)
In the previous chapters of the Episodes, we looked at the British policy towards Nazi Germany, which was designed to pit the Fuhrer against Soviet Russia. To accomplish this, Hitler was provided with substantive economic and political assistance between 1933 and 1939, Germany’s biggest industrial areas that had been lost […]
Episode 13. Why London presented Hitler with Vienna and Prague (III)
Part I Part II The Spanish Civil War officially ended on April 1, 1939. But by that time Europe was no longer dealing with a mere local conflict, but a war that would engulf the entire continent. It was time to unleash Hitler so he could do what the British […]
Episode 13. Why London presented Hitler with Vienna and Prague (II)
Part I Any discussion of Hitler’s takeover of Austria must include the important role Mussolini played in the Anschluss. Since Italy was one of the victors of WWI, that country was one of the primary guarantors of Austria’s neutrality and sovereignty. The reason for this was simple: according to Article […]
Episode 13. Why London presented Hitler with Vienna and Prague (I)
State frontiers are established by human beings and may be changed by human beings. Adolf Hitler. Mein Kampf Diplomacy, with all the conventions of its forms, recognizes only real facts. Charles de Gaulle All of Adolf Hitler’s actions, from the time he rose to power in 1933 until 1939, could […]
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