Background: This is a preliminary version of what may become a larger project: Tracing the history of World War II from the German perspective, using the front pages of the Völkischer Beobachter, the Nazi Party’s daily newspaper. The full newspapers are available on ANNO, the Austrian project to digitize the country’s newspapers.
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1 September 1939 Germany’s 16 Points Poland Refuses Negotiations Our Demands:
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2 September 1939 The German Counterattack Has Begun Our Troops Advancing Successfully The Powerful Führer Speech to the Reichstag |
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3 September 1939 Polish Army Units Cut Off in the North of the Corridor The Powerful Führer Speech to the Reichstag New Powerful Blows by the German Luftwaffe — German Navy Bombards Military Harbor at Hefa
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