Walther von Brauchitsch

A montage of newscasts tracing the events of the "damned war" and the German invasion of 1940.

September 3rd, 1939. Britain and France declare war on Nazi Germany, only two days after the Wehrmacht invades Poland. This day, the sad date when the fate of the world changed forever, the Phoney War began: eight months of uncertainty, preparations, evacuations and skirmishes.

A special newsreel in honor of Generalfeldmarschall Walther von Brauchitsch's 60th birthday.