The Outbreak of War
The Second World War had been feared for some time. The bad news was heard on 3 September 1939 when the British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, spoke to his people. “I am speaking to you from the Cabinet Room of 10 Downing Street. This morning the British Ambassador in Berlin handed the German Government a final note stating that unless we heard from them by 11 o’clock that they were prepared at one to withdraw their troops from Poland, a state of war would exist between us. I have to tell you now that no such undertaking has been received and that consequently this country is at war with Germany.”
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