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Music Hello everyone and welcome to history of the Second World War,

Episode 112, the September campaign part four, fall vice.

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Over the last few episodes, we have discussed Poland's preparations for a war during the 1930s,

and today we focus in on the German plans for their invasion of Poland. I think one of the

most important periods of any conflict is the weeks or months before it begins, as the group that

will launch their attack determines not just how they're going to attack, but what the

goals of that attack are.

Today we will look at the evolution of the policies of the German government in the wake

of the invasion of Czechoslovakia in March 1939, as decisions were made about what the future actions of the

German military would be. The most important decision that had to be made was what an attack on

Poland would try to achieve, with the full invasion seen in September 1939, not being the only

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