75 Years ago: How World War 2 started

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On Sep­tember 1, 1939, just before Adolf Hitler’s invasion of Poland that marked t­he beginning of World War II, Zygmunt Klukowski, a young Polish doctor, confided in his diary that everyone was talking about war. “Everybody,” he continued, “is sure that we will win.” The reality was startlingly different. Nazi Germany’s war with Poland, begun… Read more »