World Battlefronts, STRATEGY: Five Septembers

This week World War II grinds into its fifth year.* A vast, vital difference sets this September apart from the four preceding Septembers. For the United Nations it is the difference between defeat and victory. Men no longer ask: Where will the Axis strike? Now the question is: Where will the Allies strike?

> In September 1939, as the Panzers clawed across Poland, Adolf Hitler grandiloquized: "I now do not want to be anything but the first soldier of the German Reich. I, therefore, again put on the uniform which once had been...

Want the full story?

Subscribe Now

Subscribe
Subscribe

Learn more about the benefits of being a TIME subscriber

If you are already a subscriber sign up — registration is free!