The Serpent's Egg
“In response to this unprovoked hostile action, German troops had crossed the border into Poland. On the third day, Neville Chamberlain, the British Prime Minister, spoke from London. His message was clear, even to those who spoke no English. “This morning the British Ambassador in Berlin handed the German Government a final note stating that, unless we heard from them by 11 o'clock that they were prepared at once to withdraw their troops from Poland, a state of war would exist between us. I hav...e to tell you now that no such undertaking has been received, and that consequently, this country is at war with Germany.”The French declaration of war soon followed. For the next month the population of Berlin sat by the radio listening for every morsel of news from the east. # The German war machine moved through Poland’s defenses like a hot knife through butter, pushing the Polish army into a small defensive position to the southeast.In their apartment in Kolonnenstrasss, Anna sat close to Max on the sofa.MoreLess
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