THE INVASION OF POLAND
“SAVED GERMANY THE TROUBLE” SOVIET GIVES REASON FOR ACTION ONLY MEANS OF SAVING REMNANT OF POLAND (Independent Cables) (Received Sept. 30 11.40 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 19 An English-speaking radio announcer in Berlin stated: The Soviet has saved Germany the trouble of occupying the whole of Poland.” MOSCOW, Sept. 19 It is semi-officially stated that the Soviet invasion of Poland was the only means of forcing Germany to agree to the establishment of even a remnant of an independent Polish State. KAUNAS, Sept. 19 Soviet infantry are following up the tanks which entered Vilna last evening. Meanwhile the local administration continues to function. Soviet troops are approaching the Lithuanian border. COPENHAGEN, Sept. 19 General Voroshilov, Soviet Minister of War, is personally leading the Russian troops in Poland.
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20914, 20 September 1939, Page 7
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130THE INVASION OF POLAND Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20914, 20 September 1939, Page 7
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