Lynn olson, author of seven books, many on world war ii. Including troublesome young men, those angry days, and the recently published last hope island, britain, the brotherhood that helped turn the tide of war. Guest poland thought it was prepared but it wasnt. Nazi germany was the mightiest military behemoth in World History up to that point and poland was, had a, sizable army. Small air force, small navy. It was basically a poor country. It didnt have the sense and financial wherewithal germany did. They thought they could hold off germany at least for a while but germans rolled over them. Cspan you say it wasnt a surprise. The date was maybe a surprise but was the rest of europe preparing for war at this point . Guest they expected war was coming. Most European Countries hoped it wouldnt happen. Half the European Countries were neutral. They declared neutrality. Some prepared for war to a certain extent but none of them were really ready for what was about to happen to them. They h
History up to that point and poland was, had a, sizable army. Small air force, small navy. It was basically a poor country. It didnt have the sense and financial wherewithal germany did. They thought they could hold off germany at least for a while but germans rolled over them. Cspan you say it wasnt a surprise. The date was maybe a surprise but was the rest of europe preparing for war at this point . Guest they expected war was coming. Most European Countries hoped it wouldnt happen. Half the European Countries were neutral. They declared neutrality. Some prepared for war to a certain extent but none of them were really ready for what was about to happen to them. They hoped somehow something would happen to prevent germany from embarking on what, you know, hitler had been really preparing for a number of years. So they were basically keeping their fingered crossed. Obviously that didnt work. Cspan why werent they prepared . If they were aware of what hitler wanted . Part of the reason
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Think they can hold america hostage for a ransom they cant win through an election. Okay. There we go. Here we go. 6 00 on the east coast. Welcome to morning joe. Its thursday, october 3. The government is still shut down. With us on set, the chairman of deutsch incorporated, Donny Deutsch. I love donny. Unfortunately not furloughed. We tried. It is not a joke. Vice president executive editor of msnbc. Com richard wolf. Good morning. Good morning. In washington, former White House Press secretary and msnbc contributor robert gibbs. Very serious. And chief Foreign Affairs it just keeps going on. Andrea mitchell. Great to have her on. What an amazing show. That was crazy stuff. Did you get any flak . I was getting phone calls last night late. I mean different from the phone calls you usually get late . These are different. Unfortunately these were about politics. Im not interested in that. Get ready for another show. Anyway, we asked and i want to i felt kind of bad. A liberal felt outnu