Hermione's blood ran cold; the nasally voice of an official came over the radio. Her hand trembled, wrapped almost too tightly around her cup of tea as her eyes glanced unseeingly over the street. Turmoil wracked her body as the words continued to pour through the static and into her comprehension. A month ago, Germany and the Soviet Union had signed a non-aggression treaty so the Nazi military could invade Poland without fear of Stalin declaring war. Not long after the British had entered military alliance with Poland.