| In Poland... The German 8th Army, under the
command of the German Army Commander in Chief, von Brauchitsch, joins
the attack on Warsaw. There is a massive artillery bombardment of
Warsaw, followed by a major German infantry assault, leaving the city
center in flames. Poles recapture Mokotow Airport and 6 hastily rebuilt
aircraft fly out during the night (September 26-27).
On the Western Front... French artillery fires on the forward
defenses of the German Siegfried Line.
In France... The Communist Party is dissolved by a
presidential decree. It is now also illegal to propagandize themes of
the Third International. (French communists at this time are leaders of
the antiwar movement.) Some of the communist leaders are interned.
In London... In the House of Commons, First Lord of the
Admiralty, Winston Churchill, claims that Britain is winning the U-boat
war. He says that one tenth of the German submarine fleet was destroyed
in the first two weeks of the war and that the losses are probably a
quarter and perhaps a third by now.
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