TWO BEDSIDE NOTES

 Bedside note written by President Roosevelt regarding the invasion of Poland by Germany. Photo by anonymous (1 September 1939). National Archives and Records Administration. PD-US Government. Wikimedia Commons.  

Bedside note written by Mait Vigriste regarding the invasion of Kirbla by Lääneranna. Photo by anonymous (20 August 2020). National Archives and Records Administration. PD-US Government. Wikimedia Commons. 

/.../ President Roosevelt learned the Germans had attacked Poland from Bill Bullitt. Woken by the phone call on 1 September 1939 at 2:50 A.M., Roosevelt wrote down the circumstances on a note pad he always kept on the night stand next to his bed. /.../

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President Roosevelt learned the Germans had attacked Poland from Bill Bullitt. Woken by the phone call on 1 September 1939 at 2:50 A.M., Roosevelt wrote down the circumstances on a note pad he always kept on the night stand next to his bed. 

There were very few realists left in France by 1939 and early 1940. Bullitt, Charles de Gaulle, and the French Prime Minister, Paul Reynaud knew the Germans would successfully attack France. Ambassador Bullitt began sending Roosevelt numerous cables outlining his prophecies. The president ignored them because he thought Bullitt’s ideas were “too pessimistic.” Too bad because Bullitt was very perceptive and in most cases, he was correct. Eventually, Roosevelt would look back and conclude his friend, Bill Bullitt, had been right. /.../