- On-the-ground account of the opening campaign of World War II - Told
from the perspective of the Germans who conquered Poland - Based on
letters, diaries, official documents, histories, and newspapers At dawn
on September 1, 1939, the Germans launched their land, air, and sea
assault on Poland, sparking the great conflagration of World War II and
shocking the world with the speed and ferocity of their blitzkrieg. With
thundering panzers and screaming dive-bombers, they crushed the vital
port of Danzig into submission, drove the Polish Air Force from the
skies, and took Warsaw amid great bloodshed. After six weeks of brave
resistance, the Poles surrendered, no match for the Nazi war machine.