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On this Day - 1939 - #Wehrmacht forces massacred some 358 Polish civilians and POWs at Śladów, west of Warsaw. (no photo available) It was one of the worst such massacres during the German invasion of Poland. #Poland1939 
Prisoners and civilians were rounded up following an engagement with Polish forces and forced to bury the dead. They were told that they would be released afterwards.
Instead, they were led to the banks of the Vistula and machine-gunned into the river. #Poland1939
Instead, they were led to the banks of the Vistula and machine-gunned into the river. #Poland1939
This extract from my book “First to Fight” gives an eye-witness account of the lead up to the massacre. #Poland1939
