"Alan Minyard" wrote in message
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On 2 Oct 2003 13:00:49 -0700, (Stuart Wilkes)
wrote:

Great Britain and France both declared war on Germany within a day of
the invasion of Poland.

Close. IIRC, the Germans invaded on 1 September (at about 0500 GMT). HM's
government declared a state of war as of 1200 Berlin time on 3 September.
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