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Operation Himmler, also called Operation Konserve, consisted of a group of 1939 false flag undertakings planned by Nazi Germany to give the appearance of Polish aggression against Germany. The Germans then used propaganda reports of the events to justify their invasion of Poland , which started on 1 September 1939.
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The Jewish Enemy: Nazi Ideology and Propaganda During World War II and the Holocaust. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-02175-4. Kershaw, Ian (25 October 2001). Hitler 1889–1936: Hubris. Penguin Books Limited. ISBN 978-0-14-192579-0. Welch, David (1993). The Third Reich: Politics and Propaganda. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-203-93014-4.
This is a timeline of events of World War II in 1939 from the start of the war on 1 September 1939. For events preceding September 1, 1939, see the timeline of events preceding World War II. Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 brought many countries into the war. This event, and the declaration of war by France and Britain two days ...
2 May 1945 () [1] Jurisdiction: Government of Nazi Germany: Headquarters: Ordenspalais Wilhelmplatz 8/9, Berlin-Mitte: Employees: 2,000 (1939) Annual budget: 14 million ℛℳ (1933) (€65 million in 2021) 187 million ℛℳ (1941) (€803 million in 2021) Ministers responsible
Wehrmachtbericht (German: [ˈveːɐ̯maxtbəˌʁɪçt] ⓘ, literally: "Armed forces report", usually translated as Wehrmacht communiqué or Wehrmacht report) was the daily Wehrmacht High Command mass-media communiqué and a key component of Nazi propaganda during World War II. Produced by the Propaganda Department of the OKW (Wehrmacht ...
Nazi propaganda in October 1939 told Germans to view all ethnic Poles, Gypsies (Romani) and Jews on the same level as Untermenschen. [159] To prevent such anti-Polish stigma, when Polish children were kidnapped for Germanization, official orders forbade making the term "Germanizable Polish children" known to the public. [160]
World War II, or the Second World War was a global military conflict that was fought between September 1, 1939, and September 2, 1945. The war pitted two major military alliances against each other: the Allies of the United States, Soviet Union , United Kingdom, China and others against the Axis of Germany , Japan , Italy and others .