GERMAN-SOVIET NONAGGRESSION PACT

Berlin, Germany; Warsaw, Poland; and London, England • August 27, 1939 On this date in 1939, just a day after Adolf Hitler aborted his plan to invade his eastern neigh­bor, Poland, German mobili­zation con­tinued. Between August 25 and 31, a further 21 infan­try divi­sions and 2 motor­ized divi­sions were in place along the German-Polish fron­tier. No reserve units were…