| Source | The Times, September 2nd 1939 |
| Event referred to | 1st September 1939: Wermacht invasion of Poland
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| Technological characteristics | Text file scanned in
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| Description of the source | Newspaper article from microfiche archive held in a library for public use. Copyright remains with the Times. |
| Contextualisation of the source | The Times is regarded as a conservative newspaper. In 1939 the reporting of news items began on page 4 of the paper, with the first three pages given over to family notices and appointments.
This article appeared on page 10 and was preceded by a range of smaller articles focussing on statements from Hitler to Britain and the arrangement of Polish- German talks.
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| Interpretation of the source | This article makes it quite clear that the attack on Poland was unprovoked and that Poland has the support of Britain and France.
The report is unequivocal in it’s support of Poland and shows that the British support for Poland has the full backing of the British government.
Whilst it could be argued that this article only provides a British view of events the facts of the attack are well documented and correspond with the details in this article.
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