Et Tu, Brute?: The Assassination of Benito Mussolini

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From the morning edition of the October 14th, 1936 San Francisco Chronicle:

GERMANS CONFIRM MAJOR PUSH ON WARSAW HAS BEGUN

Also Announce New Wave Of Air Raids On Polish Capital; Polish Government Vows To Fight “To The Last Trench”

From a Fox Movietone newsreel released the next day:

The roar of Nazi artillery echoes dangerously in the ears of Polish civilians as the Germans commence their long-expected-- and feared --offensive to capture Warsaw! Overhead, the beleaguered Polish air force wages a valiant but desperate struggle to prevent the Germans from bombing the historic capital....

From the October 18th, 1936 Sydney Morning Herald:

CZECH, GERMAN ARMIES FIGHTING IN THE STREETS OF PRAGUE

Czech President Benes And Cabinet Rumoured To Be In Switzerland

From an NBC Radio news report broadcast October 22nd, 1936:

Flash--The battle for Prague has come to an end. The German war ministry confirmed this afternoon that the commander-in-chief of the Wehrmacht forces in Czechoslovakia has accepted the surrender of the Czech capital from Emil Hacha, head of the provisional Czech government that took power after president Eduoard Benes and his cabinet escaped to Switzerland. The formal cease-fire agreement between Czechoslovakia and Germany will be signed this evening at 8:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time...

From the morning edition of the October 20th, 1936 Washington Post:

HEYDRICH PROCLAIMS GERMAN ANNEXATION OF SUDETENLAND
COMPLETE

Czech Nazis Stage Rally To Honor SS Commander

From the afternoon edition of the October 21st, 1936 Boston Globe:

GERMAN ARTILLERY IN SHELLING RANGE OF WARSAW;
HITLER ORDERS PROVISIONAL CZECH GOVERNMENT DISSOLVED

From a BBC Radio news report broadcast October 24th, 1936:

We have just received the following bulletin from Moscow--- Soviet premier Joseph Stalin has announced in a special radio address to his people that a state of war now exists between the Soviet Union and the German Reich. In his speech he has stated that“the German fascists’ aggressive and brutal attacks against the people of Warsaw are an unmistakable sign of their imperialist ambitions”....

From the evening edition of the October 25th, 1936 New York Daily News:

REDS SEND TANKS, INFANTRY OVER POLISH BORDER

Nazi War Minister Declines Comment On Reports Soviet Aircraft Bombing German Troops

From the morning edition of the October 26th, 1936 Indianapolis Star:

MOSCOW CONFIRMS SOVIET PLANES ATTACKING GERMAN TROOPS IN POLAND

Hints Troops May Be Dispatched To Czechoslovakia

From the afternoon edition of the October 28th, 1936 Washington Post:

GERMANY PLEDGES “BLOODBATH” IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA IF SOVIETS
INVADE

Hitler Denounces Stalin As “Worst Arch-criminal Of Our Time”

From a Gaumont newsreel dated October 30th, 1936:

The world watches aghast as Reinhard Heydrich formally completes the rape of helpless Czechoslovakia by proclaiming the annexation of the Sudetenland into Germany. Among the crowd witnessing this travesty are throngs of Sudeten Nazis, who obsequiously cheer every deceitful word from the SS commander’s mouth. Hundreds of miles away, Heydrich’s master Adolf Hitler applauds this travesty as “a great moment for peace in Europe”...

From the 2010 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation documentary Warsaw Fights:
The German Campaign In Poland:

Hitler’s arrogant belief in an easy victory over the Poles was dealt a jarring blow with the Soviet declaration of war on Germany. For that matter, his strategic position in Czechoslovakia had now been put in jeopardy; Stalin’s generals had drawn up a host of intricately detailed war plans for engaging the Wehrmacht on Czech soil, and Stalin himself was very eager to put those plans into operation....

From the morning edition of the November 1st, 1936 Chicago Tribune:

RED ARMOR BATTLING GERMAN TANKS ON POLISH SOIL

Both Sides Rumored To Be Taking Heavy Losses

From the November 2nd, 1936 Manchester Guardian:

HEYDRICH DECLARES CZECHOSLOVAKIA TO BE BROKEN UP INTO SEPARATE STATES

Most Powers Joining In Britain In Refusing To Recognize Rump “Slovakian Republic”

From the November 3rd, 1936 Daily Mail:

R.A.F. FIGHTERS ENGAGE ENEMY AIRCRAFT OVER FRENCH BORDER

German Losses Estimated At 41 Planes; British Losses Total 19

From the morning edition of the November 4th, 1936 Washington Star:

LANDON CONCEDES ELECTION TO FDR

Roosevelt Easily Wins 2nd Term As President, Pledges To Resist Nazi Aggression

From the November 7th, 1936 Pravda:

COMRADE STALIN TO HONOR HEROIC RED ARMY SOLDIERS IN POLAND

Chairman Will Give Speech Saluting Troops Who Are Fighting German Fascist Hordes

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