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Filed 02 September 1939, 08:00 GMT
Germany invaded Poland yesterday morning. This is everything that reached us between 02:30 and 23:30, and where it stands as you read this.
Yesterday  ·  Friday 1 September
05:45 German forces crossed into Poland before dawn, attacking from three directions at once.
06:10 Danzig proclaimed part of the Reich. The Polish Post Office there was still under attack at 21:15. We do not know how it ended.
08:30 President Mościcki proclaimed a state of war and called Poland to its defence.
13:15 Hitler told the Reichstag that Germany is returning fire. Poland disputes the claim entirely. It cannot be independently confirmed.
16:30 France ordered general mobilisation. Britain began moving 1.5 million people out of its cities and enforced its first blackout after dark.
21:45 Britain delivered a formal warning to Berlin, France a parallel one at 22:15. Neither declared war.
As of 08:00 this morning, Germany has not replied to either warning.
 
Not confirmed
German radio said at 02:30, before the invasion, that Polish irregulars had attacked the radio station at Gleiwitz. Warsaw denies it. No independent account has reached us.
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