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The EU is a peace project. As we remember all those who lost their lives following Germany's decision to invade Poland 80 years ago, we must also remember not to take for granted the bonds created between our family of European nations. War must never happen again.
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9-1-1939 Reminding The World That 80 Years Ago Germans Invaded Poland Starting World War II
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Just when we thought we could get away from
#policehistory for the weekend...#HiddenLondon#NoEscape#MetAtWar#wwii#WWII80 pic.twitter.com/TvKVpAKCyo
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May not agree with
@BorisJohnson on everything, but he’s spot on with this!
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#OnThisDay the first wartime intake of returning pensioners rejoined the Met.#policeorders#wwii80#wwii#ww2#OTD#MetAtWarpic.twitter.com/QkbLvhhCUl
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Sergey #Naryshkin: After the Victory over Nazism, some of the most industrialized parts of Silesia, East Prussia & Pomerania were transferred to Poland on the Soviet initiative. Thanks to the efforts of Soviet diplomacy, the Polish Republic expanded by almost a quarter#WWII80 pic.twitter.com/YISB2WDary
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God Bless Poland
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1/4 September 3 marks the 80th Anniversary of the start of the
#BattleoftheAtlantic Just 8 hrs after Britain had declared war on Germany the U-boat U-30 torpedoed and sank British passenger liner SS Athenia which had departed Liverpool for Montreal on September 2#WWII80#80WW2pic.twitter.com/VMCQrw14eY
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#OTD The British Government under Neville Chamberlain make one last attempt at resolving the impending crisis... Germany has until 11:00am tomorrow morning to announce their withdrawal from Poland#WWII80#WWIICountdown#WWIIToday (BRDW I Press 29/1)pic.twitter.com/heMbyDQlN8
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In Wednesday’s
@thecourieruk , we look into The Courier archives to see how The Courier reported the first Luftwaffe bombing raid of the Second World War which targeted warships in the Forth at Rosyth on October 16, 1939.#WWII80@ForthBridges#Fife#SecondWorldWarpic.twitter.com/pBvx6lhvUs
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#OTD in 1944 68th/last transport of Dutch#Jews left#Westerbork transit camp for#Auschwitz Concentration Camp.#AnneFrank, a diarist and victim of the#Holocaust was in this transport.#WW2#History#WW2History#WWII80#extermination#NeverForgetpic.twitter.com/mmAuvNrRsF
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American photographer Julien Bryan took this photo in September 1939 in Poland. He met the boy after war.
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Today is the 80th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland, which started the Second World War. Let us never forget the Canadian and Allied heroes who fought in this horrific war, fighting for democracy and fundamental human rights.
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Watch the last episode of a five-part series, depicting the #September1939 on the#IPN’s social media profiles. The weekly instalments – with Polish voice-over but English subtitles
presents the events in chronological order. Our site
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#Kleeberg surrendered because he didn’t want to waste his soldiers’ blood. Earlier, offered the opportunity to evacuate his staff to safety, he chose to stay with his men. After the Battle of#Kock, Kleeberg became a#POW. He died in captivity in 1941#HeroesOfSeptember#WWII80 pic.twitter.com/GAhhbSK9SF
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#Soviet propaganda leaflet from#September17 1939.#WWII#history#WWII80#FirstToFight#Poland1939#OTDpic.twitter.com/15WKolz8Ro
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#OTD Nazi Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, starting one of the most destructive conflicts in the history of humankind.#WWII80 pic.twitter.com/4FS77Zjave
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The General Sikorski statue &
#Polish soldier mosaic in#StAndrews are just two of local Second World War connections still visible locally. In Tuesday’s Courier, we look back to how the outbreak of war was already affecting the Tayside & Fife population by Sep 3, 1939.#WWII80 pic.twitter.com/WgRKZ1HwlN
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2 boys struggle with a suitcase, and a father takes his children wearing backpacks & gas masks to be evacuated as part of Operation Pied Piper - the plan to move those living in cities to areas of less risk from bombs. Photos from The Sphere © Illustrated London News Ltd
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