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William Forrest was a newspaper journalist staying in Warsaw when Germany invaded. He was one of the few to meet the significant people and witness the historic events surrounding the outbreak of the war. From observing the build-up of troops on the border to enduring heavy bombing raids, this account shows what it was like to be in Poland as war began.

John F Kennedy was in Warsaw in the summer of 1939 as part of a European tour and William Forrest encountered him at the US Embassy there. Kennedy's Harvard University thesis on Britain's involvement in the Munich Agreement was based on research carried out during this tour and was later published as a book titled 'Why England Slept' (1940). Its foreword by Henry R Luce warned the USA about the dangers of not being prepared for war.

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