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Hitler’s Birthday, Poland’s Doom (Part 17)

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The Invasion of Poland

The invasion can't just begin. There has to be a false flag. So the border incident at Glyvitz, which convinces Germans at a certain level that they're being attacked by the Poles. Within 48 hours, the Polish air force is obliterated. And 48 more, the Polish army will have been routed. That night the cities of Britain go into blackout. Pains of glass are now criss-crossed with tape to prevent shattering. Everybody is carrying a standard-issue gas mask. In Westminster, on Saturday, September 2nd, an Ashen Prime Minister Chamberlain makes a statement. With emotion catching at his voice, he says that unless German troops withdraw from Poland immediately

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