Et Tu, Brute?: The Assassination of Benito Mussolini

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From the September 7th, 1936 morning edition of the New York Times:

PRAGUE BOMBED BY GERMAN WARPLANES

Czech Capital Scene Of Massive Air Battle; Observers Report Heavy Casualties On Both Sides

From the September 8th, 1936 Daily Mail:

CZECH ARMY ENGAGES GERMAN FORCES ON BORDER OF SUDETEN REGION

From the September 9th, 1936 morning edition of the Boston Globe:

FDR BREAKS OFF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN U.S. AND GERMANY

Calls Invasion Of Czechoslovakia “Last Straw” In Regard To Nazi Aggression; Vows U.S. Will Aid Czechs By Every Means Available

From the 2012 PBS Secrets Of The Dead segment “Battlefield Sudetenland”:

It wasn’t just the regular German armed forces who were inflicting heavy losses on the Czechs; SS terror squads had been inserted behind the Czech front lines to execute what would today be called “black ops” missions intended to demoralize the Czech troops....

From the 1997 BBC documentary Black Shirts, Red Death--The SS TerrorCampaign In Czechoslovakia:

The Ostrov Massacre was, beyond question, one of the bloodiest war crimes ever perpetrated on European soil. In the span of less than four hours SS death squads murdered nearly three hundred Czech POWs and twelve hundred Czech civilians. While many of these killings were intentional, many others stemmed from the Nazis’ deep-seated if not visceral rage at the Czechs for refusing to submit to Hitler’s will...

From the September 10th, 1936 Daily Mail:

WHITEHALL CONDEMNS ATROCITIES IN OSTROV

ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS CLASH WITH GERMAN VESSELS IN BALTIC

From the September 12th, 1936 morning edition of the Boston Herald-
American:

HUNDREDS DEAD IN PRAGUE AS NAZIS BOMB CZECH CAPITAL

Yesterday’s Attack Marks First Luftwaffe Raid On Historic City

From the September 13th, 1936 afternoon edition of the New York World-Telegram:

TWO POLISH DIVISIONS ANNIHILATED WEST OF KRAKOW

From the September 14th, 1936 Daily Mail:

PLANES RUSHED TO POLAND TO REPLACE LOSSES SUFFERED BY POLISH AIR FORCE

R.N. CRUISER DAMAGED BY GERMAN TORPEDO

From the September 16th, 1936 evening edition of the Philadelphia Daily
News:

BBC REPORTS GERMAN TROOPS LESS THAN FIVE MILES FROM KRAKOW

From the September 17th, 1936 Völkischer Beobachter:

HISTORIC VICTORY IN POLAND FOR OUR ARMY!

Sneak Attack By Polish Troops Thwarted; Entire Enemy Armor Division Smashed By German Soldiers

From a Fox Movietone newsreel released September 19th, 1936:

With savage enthusiasm and a cold determination to crush the Poles, the German army continues to batter its way towards Krakow! Some Nazi advance battalions are rumored to be just two miles outside the city...

From the 2009 A&E documentary Neydrich: Portrait Of A Butcher:

Reinhard Heydrich was Himmler’s most trusted deputy, and as such was appointed to oversee the task of “cleansing” German-occupied territory in Poland of Jews. Though it was still early in the Polish campaign, Heydrich didn’t wait long before throwing himself into his work. Even as the German army was engaging Polish cavalry troops outside Krakow, Heydrich had dispatched special action squads known as Einsatzgruppen to kill every Jew they could find....

From the September 20th, 1936 Daily Mail:

REFUGEES TELL BRITISH EMBASSY IN WARSAW OF MASS EXECUTION OF JEWISH CIVILIANS

KRAKOW UNDER GERMAN BOMBARDMENT

From the September 22nd, 1936 evening edition of the Detroit Free Press:

GERMAN TROOPS RUMORED TO BE ENTERING KRAKOW

From Heydrich: Portrait Of A Butcher:

As vicious as Heydrich was in his treatment of Polish Jews living outside of Krakow, he was even more cruel towards those who lived within Krakow. He didn’t hesitate to sanction the use of flamethrowers against houses known or suspected to be inhabited by Jewish families; by the time Wehrmacht infantry and panzer units reached the heart of the city on the morning of September 23rd fully 70 percent of Krakow’s Jewish community had been eradicated....

From the September 25th, 1936 Jewish Daily Forward, editorial section:

We cannot emphasize too strongly the need for the civilized nations of the world to condemn in the harshest possible terms the brutal murder of Polish Jews in Krakow by the German invasion forces. Nor can we call too loudly for those who value the rule of law, as opposed to the law of the jungle, to hold the murderers accountable for their actions...

From the September 27th, 1936 Daily Mail:

KRAKOW SURRENDERS

Hitler vows “Warsaw is next”

CZECH GOVERNMENT MAY SUE FOR PEACE

Prague army’s casualties described as “becoming unbearable”

From the September 28th, 1936 morning edition of the Chicago Sun-Times:

GERMAN OCCUPATION FORCES COMMANDER IN ITALY ASSASSINATED

From the 2008 ZDF-TV documentary Hitler’s Vengeance: Nazi Atrocities
In Europe During The Second World War:

The killing of Walther von Brauchitsch, the commander-in-chief of Wehrmacht occupation forces in Italy at the time of Krakow’s fall, enraged Hitler and his inner circle. On Hitler’s direct orders the SS recalled Reinhard Heydrich from the Polish front and dispatched him to Rome to supervise a reprisal campaign that would equal, and at times surpass, the brutalities he and his troops committed upon Jews in Poland...

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