BOYHOOD MEMORIES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Tomorrow is the 66 th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War. Hitler’s coming to power; his increasing bellicosity, and the Allies supine appeasement of his territorial ambitions are too well-known to need explanation here; suffice it to cover the actual trigger for Britain’s declaration of war on Germany. Reinhard Heydrich, the head of the Third Reich’s internal security organization, the S.D. ( Sicherheitsdienst ) worked out a cynical and callous plot; which Hitler sanctioned... Sign in to see full entry.