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Deleted the following paragraph because 1) it was not sourced, 2) NYT never, never "reported Poland invaded Germany" and 3) William Shire never wrote any such nonsense in his book.
The book was a response to Rindsberg learning from William L. Shirer’s The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich that, at the outset of World War II, the New York Times reported Poland invaded Germany.
Here is a link [1] to the September 1, 1939 NYT headlines proving that NYT never "reported Poland invaded Germany" but did report Germany invaded Poland. BetsyRMadison (talk) 16:10, 17 May 2021 (UTC)Reply
Read beyond the headline (https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0901.html for those without a subscription): Berlin, Friday, Sept. 1--Charging that Germany had been attacked, Chancellor Hitler at 5:11 o'clock this morning issued a proclamation to the army declaring that from now on force will be met with force and calling on the armed forces "to fulfill their duty to the end.", and then the entire section under the sub-headline "Border Clashes Increase".
As to your claim that "William Shire never wrote any such nonsense in his book", I'll point you to the end of Chapter 16, in which he writes:
The "Polish attack" on Gleiwitz was used by Hitler in his speech to the Reichstag the next day and was cited as justification for the Nazi aggression by Ribbentrop, Weizsaecker and other members of the Foreign Office in their propaganda. The New York Times and other newspapers reported it, as well as similar incidents, in their issues of September 1, 1939. It remains only to be added that according to the testimony at Nuremberg of General Lahousen, of the Abwehr, all the S.S. men who wore Polish uniforms in the simulated attacks that evening were, as the General put it, "put out of the way."
