France Warns of War If Germany Refuses Polish Withdrawal
Paris announces France will declare war at 5 pm if Germany does not withdraw from Polish soil after Britain’s declaration of war. Poland fights back amid heavy air raids and advancing German forces across East Prussia and the Polish corridor. London and Ottawa report Britain at war and Canada meeting emergency cabinet.
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Germany
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Robert Coulondre
Wilhelmstrasse
Poland
Coulondre
Foreign Office
Albert Lebrun
Warsaw
East Prussia
Soman
Cze
West Prussia
Sepolno
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Berlin
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Ottawa
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Canada
Great Britain
London
Neville Chamberlain
Britain
Adolf Hitler
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No. 10
Downing Street
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Privy Council
British Broadcasting Co
Nevile Henderson
United Kingdom
Roosevelt weighs congress call as war fears rise
Washington dispatch notes Roosevelt plans to address the nation by radio and weighs invoking the neutrality law with a possible special session. Officials expect Congress to be summoned to revise policy if European hostilities erupt, while markets react to Polish German warfare and repatriation of Americans continues.
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Hobart C. Montes
United Press
Washington
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France
Germany
Roosevelt
United States
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