PROLOGUE
On August 23rd, 1939, after a number of meetings between the Soviet and German diplomats, The USSR's foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov and Nazi Germany's foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop sat down in Moscow and signed a "Treaty of Non-Aggression" between the two superpowers. To the public eye, the pact declared that one wouldn't attack the other over a period of ten years. But behind the scenes, the two agreed to split Poland into thirds, should a side decide to conduct an assault on Poland.
A week later, on the 1st of September, 1939, at 04:40 AM, the Luftwaffe, the Nazi air force, bombarded the Polish town of Wieluń, killing nearly 1,200 people. Merely 4 hours later, the Luftwaffe began bombarding the Polish capital, Warsaw, targeting civilian targets such as hospitals and schools. Without a formal or public war declaration, land battles near and in Warsaw began as early as the 8th of September, but the Nazis were constantly repelled by the Armia Warszawa (Warsaw’s Army).
The Soviets were joining the invasion from the east on the 17th, in compliance with the Molotov-Ribbentrop Agreement.
On September 24, the Nazis bombarded Warsaw with over 1,000 aircraft. The next day, Nazi land divisions encircled the city, and began a full frontal assault on Warsaw. Though the Polish army managed to repel the attack, Polish general Juliusz Rommel signed all documents to approve the foundation of a civilian resistance group called Służba Zwycięstwu Polski (SZP - Service for Poland's Victory) on the 27th.
Also on the 27th, a ceasefire agreement was signed between General Tadeusz Kutrzeba of the Polish army and the German commander, and not a day later, Warsaw surrendered.
September 30, 1939
Warsaw, Poland
Three days after the ceasefire agreement and Warsaw's surrender, Nazi units entered the naked and destroyed city, though the rest of the Polish army still fights on. Warsaw was in shambles. Even the water works were destroyed in the assaults. Poland itself was in complete chaos for about a month, while the Germans and Soviets split the Polish pie between them. The Nazi ideology dictates that the Polish people, and the rest of the "Slavic Race", must serve the German "master race". To accomplish this goal, the Nazis closed all schools and universities, and the intellectual elite of the Polish people - philosophers, lawyers, authors and politicians - were executed. Many died of reasons such as poor hygiene, as well as an overall lack of food and medicine.
You are all in Warsaw, and wish to meet up with each other to plan your next move. You don't have a fixed base of operations yet. The garrison of Warsaw, allegedly, began to hide or destroy some of their weaponry yesterday.
On August 23rd, 1939, after a number of meetings between the Soviet and German diplomats, The USSR's foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov and Nazi Germany's foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop sat down in Moscow and signed a "Treaty of Non-Aggression" between the two superpowers. To the public eye, the pact declared that one wouldn't attack the other over a period of ten years. But behind the scenes, the two agreed to split Poland into thirds, should a side decide to conduct an assault on Poland.
A week later, on the 1st of September, 1939, at 04:40 AM, the Luftwaffe, the Nazi air force, bombarded the Polish town of Wieluń, killing nearly 1,200 people. Merely 4 hours later, the Luftwaffe began bombarding the Polish capital, Warsaw, targeting civilian targets such as hospitals and schools. Without a formal or public war declaration, land battles near and in Warsaw began as early as the 8th of September, but the Nazis were constantly repelled by the Armia Warszawa (Warsaw’s Army).
The Soviets were joining the invasion from the east on the 17th, in compliance with the Molotov-Ribbentrop Agreement.
On September 24, the Nazis bombarded Warsaw with over 1,000 aircraft. The next day, Nazi land divisions encircled the city, and began a full frontal assault on Warsaw. Though the Polish army managed to repel the attack, Polish general Juliusz Rommel signed all documents to approve the foundation of a civilian resistance group called Służba Zwycięstwu Polski (SZP - Service for Poland's Victory) on the 27th.
Also on the 27th, a ceasefire agreement was signed between General Tadeusz Kutrzeba of the Polish army and the German commander, and not a day later, Warsaw surrendered.
September 30, 1939
Warsaw, Poland
Three days after the ceasefire agreement and Warsaw's surrender, Nazi units entered the naked and destroyed city, though the rest of the Polish army still fights on. Warsaw was in shambles. Even the water works were destroyed in the assaults. Poland itself was in complete chaos for about a month, while the Germans and Soviets split the Polish pie between them. The Nazi ideology dictates that the Polish people, and the rest of the "Slavic Race", must serve the German "master race". To accomplish this goal, the Nazis closed all schools and universities, and the intellectual elite of the Polish people - philosophers, lawyers, authors and politicians - were executed. Many died of reasons such as poor hygiene, as well as an overall lack of food and medicine.
You are all in Warsaw, and wish to meet up with each other to plan your next move. You don't have a fixed base of operations yet. The garrison of Warsaw, allegedly, began to hide or destroy some of their weaponry yesterday.