It was all over in just 36 days. Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland, backed by the Soviet Union, was the first success of Hitler’s Blitzkrieg and effectively erased Poland from the map of Europe.

Through the smoke of fires set by R.A.F. and U.S. bombers, overcrowded Berlin could see the lightning and hear the thunder of Marshal Georgy K. Zhukov’s First White Russian Army guns. They were ...

The Luftwaffe carried out raids on British urban targets for two months prior to the start of the Blitz, with the loss of over 1,000 civilian lives. Photo: Stukas in formation in April 1940.

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