The Man Who Accidentally Started WW2 Five Days Too Early September 9, 2012
Posted by Beachcombing in : Contemporary
The last days of August 1939 were particularly painful for the leaders of the western democracies and their allies. Though most Poles, Britons and French citizens out in the streets did not realise it, the signing of the pact between the Soviet Union and Germany, 23 August, meant that the war had as good as [...]
