Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Sept. 1, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Sept. 1, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland, an ...
On the night of August 31, 1939, several operatives in Polish uniforms infiltrated the radio station at Gleiwitz in Upper Silesia, Germany. After seizing the facilities, the saboteurs broadcast a ...