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>German planes dropped soldiers (with parachutes) behind Polish lines, where they reconnoitred, reported back to their army via small, portable radios. Poles captured them right & left, gave 'them short shrift. Over bombed Warsaw, the Poles erected a poor imitation of London's "balloon barrage," claimed that a German pilot got...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Grey Friday | 9/11/1939 | See Source »

Foreigners have several times conquered Poland, but few foreigners have ever mastered the pronunciation of Polish. It has a peculiar letter similar to L which is pronounced like W; W is pronounced like V or F; CZ like SH; SZ as in the word "azure." Poles also frequently half tick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Grey Friday | 9/11/1939 | See Source »

The Shores. Last week as fighting began the Mediterranean again took its place as a decisive theatre of war. Unlike the Baltic, where Germans and Poles clashed headon, where battle-lines and objectives were clear, the Mediterranean was a maze of variables. It was crisscrossed with conflicting currents that ran...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEDITERRANEAN THEATRE: Currents and Eddies | 9/11/1939 | See Source »

War. And so it began. While the King was speaking the German armies were driving to smash the Polish defensive triangle of Lwow-Lublin-Cracow before winter weather aided the Poles. While the bombers were loading, the Chancelleries were preparing their papers to place the guilt of launching the war...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Ultimate Issue | 9/11/1939 | See Source »

The devout in Warsaw went to mass. A few hours later they flocked to an international soccer match, were well pleased to see the Poles whip the Hungarians, 4-to-2. In bright red trolleys still carrying advertisements of German products, they rode to see Shirley Temple in The Little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLAND: National Glue | 9/11/1939 | See Source »

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