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France Ready to Declare War If Germany Refuses Poland Withdrawal
France warned Germany that if German troops remain in Poland Paris will invoke the Franco Polish pact at 5 p.m. and France may declare war. Poland reported heavy air raids across many cities with about 1,500 casualties and fierce ground fighting near East Prussia. London announced Britain is at war with Germany as Neville Chamberlain declared the nation is now at war.
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Paris
France
Germany
Georges Bonnet
Robert Coulondre
Wilhelmstrasse
Poland
Coulondre
Foreign Office
Albert Lebrun
Warsaw
East Prussia
Cze
West Prussia
Sepolno
Zbaszyn
Myziniec
Wielun
Czestochowa
Berlin
Obozowa Street
Woln
London
Great Britain
Neville Chamberlain
Britain
Adolf Hitler
Chamberlain
No. 10
Downing Street
George
Privy Council
British Broadcasting Co
Nevile Henderson
Hitler
United Kingdom