Wednesday, September 1, 2010

This day, That year....

It was a sunny day in Paris. Birds were chirping...were on their way to their workplaces...restaurants were full customers.....school children were dancing on the streets....Paris was enjoying her summers with all her might. But suddenly a cry came out..."It all started...it all started..." It was a newspaper boy, delivering daily newspaper, came up with a large shout. What was he shouting about??

An old ghetto in Warsaw....just another morning.....after prayers, young Moshe was just chatting with his buddies about what he did last holidays. Before he could complete his talks, a loud voice was heard. Moshe could clearly see a group of old preachers were discussing about some serious issue. Moshe went to his father, but only thing see on his father's face was fear. What he was fearing about??

10, Downing Street, British Prime minister's house....Neville Chamberlain had just got up his bed....had a cup of tea. He was still thinking about how he can manage the German Fuhrer. His butler came with daily newspaper. He just opened it and he was stunned. It was a big blow for what he was trying to avoid for last several months....What disturbed the leader of the greatest of the empires ever built in the history of mankind?

1 September, 1939. The day that shook the earth. Hitler's mighty forces entered Poland at 4 AM and it all started. Since Anglo-french decided upon the policy of 'Mutual Understanding', Hitler was surely dreaming of this day to come in the picture. And it happened so....

It was a Blitzkrieg....a lightening fast war that the world have never witnessed in past. First German fighter air crafts destroying the main locations of enemy then Stuka bombers destroying their gathered forces, creating fire on land and under that cover Panzer tanks crossing 40-50 km every day.... It was too much for Poland.

On the other hand, Soviet Russia played his part of an "understanding" ally of Germany, eating the remaining part of Poland. Result was a disaster for Poland. They lost and it created a fear in allies' minds, especially French.

They say it actually started with WWI and Treaty of Versailles...some say it all due German communists.....Whatever might be the reason, it was going to be the bloodiest years in the history for human beings...and it had the power to change the face of the future....

1 comment:

  1. Hi Mandar...remember me...??? well that's really nice blog...history was never my fav subject...but this kinda writing really glued me to my seat. Keep writing buddy.

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