Polish troops still resisted desperately near Modlin, north-west
of Warsaw, and in the capital itself. In southeast Poland,
the Germans claimed to have captured Lwow.
The German high command announced that 450,000 Polish prisoners
have been taken to date, and 800 aeroplanes destroyed or captured.
Mussolini, in a speech to the fascist leaders at Rome, declared
that the moment had come to cease hostilities, since Poland
was now liquidated and Europe not yet effectively at war.
To Finnish steamers Martti-Ragnar and Walma were sunk by U-boats.
Kurt-Caesar
Hoffmann
Takes command of the Battleship
Scharnhorst
on 23 September 1939 to
31
March 1942
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The Second Great War.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
The War Illustrated.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
2194 Days Of War.
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