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MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · September 28

THE DAY IN HISTORY · SEPTEMBER 28

September 28 in history

1939 — The siege of Warsaw

8–28 Sep 1939 — The capital holds out under three weeks of bombardment while its allies watch from behind the Maginot Line. Poland is partitioned by the month’s end.

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