Reporter of German invasion of Poland turns 100

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Clare Hollingworth, the British journalist did not know that her visit to the border of Poland and German in 1939 will make her the first journalist ever to report the German invasion of Poland and beginning of the WW - II. While she celebrates her 100th birthday in Hong Kong, her memory of the day is as fresh as yesterday. 

In the Daily Telegraph on 29 August 1939, Hollingworth reported: "Today, I crossed the frontier between Polish and Germany. Everywhere I saw signs of the most intense military activity. In the two miles between Hindenburg and Gleiwitz I was passed by 65 military despatch riders on motorcycles. The only cars to be seen were those belonging to the military."

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