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State of the War
Every morning at 08:00 GMT, yesterday's war in one email. The five to eight facts that mattered, in the order they mattered, with nothing you would not have known at the time. Free, forever. No card.
Past issues
- Day 1515 September 1939India asks Britain what the war is for. Estonia interns a Polish submarine. (opens in new tab)
- Day 1414 September 1939German troops are in Gdynia, Berlin says. Scotland counts 175,000 evacuees. (opens in new tab)
- Day 1313 September 1939Newspapers seized in London. A French cruiser lost at Casablanca. (opens in new tab)
- Day 1212 September 1939British troops in France, Chamberlain meets Daladier, Ottawa taxes tobacco and tea (opens in new tab)
- Day 1111 September 1939Three British ships attacked in one day. Ottawa asks for $100 million. (opens in new tab)
- Day 1010 September 1939Canada declares war. Berlin says its troops left central Warsaw. (opens in new tab)
- Day 99 September 1939Warsaw is not occupied, the Swedish Legation says. Moscow calls up reserves. (opens in new tab)
- Day 88 September 1939Berlin says its troops are in Warsaw. Poland says they are not. (opens in new tab)
- Day 77 September 1939Berlin reporting Westerplatte has fallen. No confirmation from Warsaw. (opens in new tab)
- Day 66 September 1939Sirens over London. The Athenia's missing now put at 125. (opens in new tab)
- Day 55 September 1939Athenia survivors ashore. Warsaw bombed again. Hertzog resigns (opens in new tab)
- Day 44 September 1939A liner has been sunk with 1,400 aboard. Berlin denies everything (opens in new tab)
- Day 33 September 1939LIVE WW2 - Britain and France are at war with Germany. (opens in new tab)
- Day 22 September 1939LIVE WW2 - Poland fights on. Westminster runs out of patience. (opens in new tab)
- Day 11 September 1939Germany has invaded Poland and yet to reply to Britain and France.
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