ASIN: B00V7AWZ7S
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Pages: 60
*Includes pictures*Explains the politics of the 1930s and how Hitler and Stalin agreed to carve up Poland*Includes accounts of the fighting written by soldiers*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“The object of the war is ... to physically to destroy the enemy. That is why I have prepared, for the moment only in the East, my 'Death's Head' formations with orders to kill without pity or mercy all men, women, and children of Polish descent or language. Only in this way can we obtain the living space we need.” – Hitler, August 1939Throughout 1938 and 1939, conflict broke out across Europe after the social and economic disorder brought about by World War I helped the Nazis rise to power in Germany. In 1937, Adolf Hitler declared the Treaty of Versailles void and began aggressively annexing parts of the European continent. Europe’s ...
