Nazi Germany’s Adolf Hitler had sent his mechanized army into Poland in 1939, beginning World War II.
France and Britain immediately declared war against Germany, realizing Hitler’s aggression threatened them all.
France had its “impregnable” Maginot Line that defended it against the Nazis. But that line was useless, and France fell in June 1940!
Still, Britain was protected by the English Channel. But Hitler had planned to deliver a decisive blow against Britain by air power!
Seventy years ago yesterday – on Sept. 7, 1940 – Nazi Germany began “The Blitz.”