“Digging” by Seamus Heaney from Opened Ground: Selected Poems 1966-1996. © Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998. ORIGINAL TEXT and AUDIO - 2017 It's the anniversary of the attack that began WWII in 1939. At 11 minutes after five in the morning, Hitler issued a proclamation for his army to invade Poland. He claimed it was a counterattack, that the Poles had started the whole thing, but in reality, German troops had been moving to the eastern border for weeks; Polish troops had simply moved up to their own border to defend it. Hitler had recently signed a pact with Soviet Premier Josef Stalin, surprising everyone, because the two men had been sworn enemies. Their intention was to carve up Poland, giving the western third to Germany while the Soviets took the rest.
Remembering Seamus Heaney ❤️
It has been pointed out to me that on the anniversary of the attack which started WWII the Germans attacked from the west and the Russians from the east.
Remembering Seamus Heaney ❤️
It has been pointed out to me that on the anniversary of the attack which started WWII the Germans attacked from the west and the Russians from the east.