World War II, the ‘no good’ War

Filed by Elara Myst

 by Jim Bovard | Sep 1, 2026September 1 is the anniversary of the start of World War II in Europe. On that date in 1939, Nazi Germany launched an invasion of Poland from the west and a few weeks later, the Soviet Union invaded from the east. Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin signed a non-aggression pact shortly before they carved up Poland but that ceasefire didn’t last beyond June 1941.World War II has been heralded for more than fifty years as the “Good War”—in ...