The Times
The Times
Category
Books
Date
8 Sep 1939
Materials
Newspaper
Measurements
331 x 260 x 8 mm
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Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 748899.7
Summary
The fifth in a sequence of whole newspapers, The Times 'FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 8 1939'. The top sheet as the papers are wrapped has a series of advertisements, 'PERSONAL', 'PERSONAL' and 'EMERGENCY ADRESSES' alongside others. 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. Friday 8 September 1939 German advance reaches Warsaw. In Poland the German 4th Panzer Division, spearheading the German 10th Army (Reichenau) reaches the Warsaw suburb of Ochota, in the southeast, late in the day (having advanced 225 km in 7 days). The Polish garrison commander in Warsaw, General Czuma, broadcasts a defiant Order of the Day: "We shall fight to the last ditch!" Some 100,000 Polish civilians in Warsaw are engaged in digging trenches on the city outskirts. Meanwhile, other elements of the German 10th Army are heavily engaged around Radom, only 60 miles south of Warsaw; about 60,000 Polish troops are encircled to the west of Radom. The German 14th Army (List) reaches the San River north and south of Przemysl. In the north, the German 19th Panzer Corps (Guderian) is attacking along the line of the Bug River to the east of Warsaw. On the Western Front... A group of 5 Curtiss Hawk fighters of l'Armee de l'Air (French air force) engage 5 Me109 fighters and claim to shoot down 2 of the German planes. In London, in response to what the British government declares to be German resort to unrestricted submarine warfare, the government announces a long-range blockade of Germany, broadening the original blockade announced on September 3rd. Also, the government revives the convoy system for merchant ships. Three protected routes are established, two from Liverpool and from the Thames to the Atlantic, one from the Thames and the Firth of Forth.
Provenance
Straw collection bequeathed to the National Trust on the death in 1990 of William Straw.
Makers and roles
The Times, printer and publisher