The Times
The Times
Category
Books
Date
5 Sep 1939
Materials
Newspaper
Measurements
332 x 256 x 5 mm
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Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 748899.4
Summary
The second in a sequence of whole newspapers, The Times 'TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 5 1939'. The top sheet as the papers are wrapped has a series of advertisements, 'PERSONAL', 'PERSONAL' and 'EMERGENCY ADRESSES' alongside others. In the top right corner the headline 'LATEST WAR NEWS'. The newspapers in the package are; Daily Mail 26 May 1949 (wrapping) Daily Mail 30 July 1941 (scraps) The Times 4 September 1939 The Times 5 September 1939 The Times 6 September 1939 The Times 7 September 1939 The Times 8 September 1939 The Times 9 September 1939 Worksop Guardian 17 May 1940. Friday 1 September 1939 at 0445 hours German forces invade Poland without a declaration of war. The operation is code named Fall Weiss (Plan White). The Germans allot 52 divisions for the invasion (some 1.5 million men), including the 6 armoured divisions and all their motorized units. Of the divisions left to defend against an Anglo-French front, only about 10 are regarded by the Germans as being fit for any kind of action. In London the British government demands a German withdrawal from Poland. Because of the fear of air attacks, the evacuation of young children from London and other supposedly vulnerable areas is begun. General mobilization is proclaimed. (The Royal Navy was mobilized on August 31st.) Air Raid Precautions (ARP) are introduced and a "blackout" enforced from sunset. British railways are taken under government control. Tuesday 5 September 1939 Poles and Germans conduct massacres. The German 10th and 14th Armies cross the Vistula River, breaking through the cordon of Polish armies. Polish rear guards and armed civilians offer determined resistance at Bydgoszcz, on the southern end of the Polish corridor, before yielding to the units of the German 3rd Corps. Germans troops find hundreds of German residents of the city massacred by the fleeing Poles. Such incidents are used to provide support for earlier claims by Hitler justifying the invasion. On entering Piotrkow, German forces set fire to the Jewish district. The Polish supreme command orders a general retreat behind the Vistula. Meanwhile, German bombers destroy the town of Sulejow, southwest of Warsaw. Britain forms The Ministry of Information and in Washington the United States government proclaims its neutrality.
Provenance
Straw collection bequeathed to the National Trust on the death in 1990 of William Straw.
Makers and roles
The Times, printer and publisher