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On this Day, 1939 - Polish defence at #Wizna, on the eastern Narew, came to an end with the surrender of the remaining bunkers overlooking the river valley. #Poland1939
After Polish sappers had destroyed the nearby bridge, the bunkers at #Wizna dominated the wide channel of the Narew, a river that the German 3rd Army needed to cross if it were to continue its advance southward. The Germans waited on a pontoon, but none was available.
Facing the German 3rd Army were some 700 Poles under the command of 31-year old Captain Władysław Raginis. He had galvanised his men in their task by swearing an oath, with his deputy, that they would not give up their positions alive. #Wizna #Poland1939 Image
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Aug23 1939: #GermanReich & #USSR entered into a non-aggression pact, signed by J. #Ribbentrop & V. #Molotov
The treaty had a secret protocol on the division of sovereign states of šŸ‡ŖšŸ‡Ŗ šŸ‡«šŸ‡® šŸ‡±šŸ‡¹ šŸ‡±šŸ‡» šŸ‡µšŸ‡± and šŸ‡·šŸ‡“
In Sept1939 both states attacked šŸ‡µšŸ‡±,starting #WWII.

#80WW2 #BlackRibbonDay
1939: On 1 Sept, Germany attacked Poland. The German battleship Schleswig-Holstein shelling a šŸ‡µšŸ‡± base on the Westerplatte peninsula fired the opening shots of WWII.

On 17 Sept, Red Army invaded šŸ‡µšŸ‡±, as set out in the secret protocol of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact.

#80WW2
Sept1-Oct6 1939: During the Poland campaign, battles were fought against the aggressors, #GermanReich & #USSR.

The campaign's largest clash was Battle of the #Bzura, an offensive maneuver at the rear of the #German troops heading toward #Warsaw without almost any cover.

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