When Germany invaded Poland on Sept. 1, 1939, starting World War II, the Polish people's troubles were just beginning. About two weeks later, the Soviet Union invaded Poland from the east. The Polish ...

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WARSAW, Poland -- Polish Boy Scouts spent 2 1/2 hours crawling on all fours through 700 yards of storm sewers Thursday in Warsaw, retracing the path of insurgents who rose up 60 years ago against the ...

Set against the harrowing events of September 1, 1939, the novel begins with the unprovoked and brutal German blitzkrieg against Poland—an act that triggered the full-scale outbreak of World War II.