1939 - The invasion of Poland, Triggered the start of

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1939 - The invasion of Poland, Triggered the start of WWII

Published on Mar 21, 2016

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1939 - The invasion of Poland, Triggered the start of WWII

September 1st, 1939

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At 4:45 a.m., some 1.5 million German troops invade Poland all along its 1,750-mile border with German-controlled territory. Simultaneously, the German Luftwaffe bombed Polish airfields, and German warships and U-boats attacked Polish naval forces in the Baltic Sea. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler claimed the massive invasion was a defensive action, but Britain and France were not convinced. On September 3, they declared war on Germany, initiating World War II.

The invasion happened in poland

and hitler's motives were to gain land and gain resources

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Europe's response to the invasion of poland was war. britain said "if you invade we will go to war"

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The Nazis intended to destroy the Polish nation completely. In 1941, the Nazi leadership decided that Poland was to be fully cleared of ethnic Poles within 10 to 20 years and settled by German colonists. From the beginning of the occupation, Germany's policy was to plunder and exploit Polish territory, turning it into a giant concentration camp for Poles who were to be eventually exterminated as "Untermenschen"

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