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Invasion of Poland

Great Britain · Government / Conservative Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1925–1939Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1925

Austen Chamberlain1925

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

"No British Government will risk the bones of a British grenadier"

1939

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill2 August 1939

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Warns the House of Commons of an imminent German attack on Poland

Names involved

Austen ChamberlainWinston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Provenance

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