The Invasion Of Poland

Invasion of Poland, Blitzkrieg - September, 1939 - Germany used series of "lightning campaigns" to conquer Poland. The invasion caused Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany.

WWII began when Germany executed an unprovoked attack on Poland on September 1st, 1939. Germany was controlled by Adolf Hitler, who wanted to take revenge for their defeat in WWI. Hitler and his political party, the Nazis, believed that the Jews were the cause of all evil. They decided that the only solution to solve Germany’s problems was to extirpate the Jews. Hitler and the Nazis began to take more and more rights away from Jews. Eventually, Jews began to be sent to

Germany needed living space so the only way to acquire it was for Hitler to take land from the various European countries that were in close proximity to Germany. In 1939, Germany would take all Czechoslovakia and then would begin to set its sights on Poland. After the Soviet Union had been neutralized Hitler proceeded ahead with his invasion of Poland on September 1st 1939, then two days later England and France declared war on Germany. In 1940 the German war machine was well on its way in terms of conquering land so multiple countries fell to Nazi power including France. Then the Battle of Britain began and the US provided wartime supplies to England.

Its 4:45am and the sound of gunfire fills the air as 1.5 million Germans flood the streets of Poland. Led by Adolf Hitler on September 1st, 1939, this marked the start of World War Two. Hitler claimed the invasion was a defensive strategy, but Britain and France were not convinced. A few days later, the two countries declared war on Germany and started a major conflict. As tensions continued to rise and more countries joined the fight, the United States prepared itself for war.

Early in 1939, with Germany expanding into the Rhineland, an invasion of Poland was inevitable. German Generals Lewinski and Blumentritt understood that while Poland fielded a

In September of 1939 Nazi Germany invaded Poland and began World War II. Immediately after the campaign began the Germans modified their policy

It all began in 1939 when Hitler's obsession with finding a reasonable justification to have Poland attacked. Hitler wanted to have the power to attack at any cost. Reinhard Heydrich, along with the heads of SS, arranged a plan to have those in the Sachsenhausen camps killed and used as evidence to prove that Poland had attacked Germany. This was called the “Propaganda reason” and a way to have the invasion and any Polish eliminated with bloody terror. Hitler had commanded to have Poland's border attacked, then announced that they had violated the frontier on September 1. Hitler secretly attacked the Poles when two planes were training for the war, but The Versailles Treaty forced Germany to give territory to Poland. There was no settlement, Hitler was determined to recover German blood even against those who imposed the Treaty. Poland's soldiers were not ready for the war and did not have much chance in winning against Germany’s highly skilled soldiers. Between 1938-1939, Germany overpowered Poland and many Jews were trying to escape. In the U.S, many pleaded with the U.S government to help their relatives in need while the

It was through this fear that the Nazis converted their fear to anger and took full power. Hitler promised many things including persecuting those who weren’t proper Germans and to seize land. (Acrobatiq, 2017) Invasion of Poland In 1939 the country of Poland was threated and Britain and France offered to protect Poland. Hitler did not believe they would follow through in defending so he invaded and eliminated Poland France and Britain then declared war on Germany and enlisted help from multiple countries including the United States.

September: Employing blitzkrieg (literally, "lightning war") tactics, Germany invades Poland. Polish military forces are unprepared for the ferocity of Germany's attack.When efforts to negotiate a withdrawal fail, Britain and France declare war on Germany. World War II begins.

World War II was one of the deadliest military conflicts in history. There were many different battles that took place within this war; some more important than others. World War II began once Germany’s new dictator, Adolf Hitler, decided that he wanted to gain power for Germany and for himself. One of Hitler’s first moves in power was invading Poland on September 1, 1939. Many other countries became involved in this war because of the alliance system. The two sides during this war were the Allies and Axis powers. German, Italy and Japan were on the Axis powers; France, Britain, and the United States were on the Allies. Germany first began with the Blitzkrieg tactic meaning “lightning war”. This tactic is based on speed, surprise and was

The German invasion of Poland on September 1st 1939, was an experimental display of the most advanced and intense form of warfare the world had ever seen. With such a drastic use of power and with aspirations expanding so wide, the German “Wehrmacht”1, along with the Soviet Union and a small Slovak contingent, soon escalated a central European battle into a global conflict. The target of Poland, for such an experiment had been strategically chosen as a geographical and logistical advantage, a self-proclaimed repossession of pre-World War one land ownership, and an eastern front barrier with Germany’s newly established pact/ally (via the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact), the USSR.

Hitler wanted the land of the Polish Corridor back to Germany because it had cut Germany in two and many German people lived there. But Poland refused to give back the lands because it would mean that they would lose the only access they had to the sea. Hitler invaded Poland so he could have back that land and to expand its territories. More land meant more men in the army and more space to oppose the USSR.

The Opposing alliances in 1985 were military alliances in the cold war, the two alliances were the NATO an anti-communism alliance, and the Warsaw alliance is a communism alliance. I agree with NATO alliance by trying to stop the communism alliances. Warsaw Was a collective defense treaty among eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War, led by the USSR. The Warsaw Pact was the military complement to the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, the regional economic organization for the communist states of Central and Eastern Europe. The Warsaw Pact was in part a Soviet military reaction to the integration of West Germany the Warsaw alliance isolated itself with an iron curtain in Germany no one could leave or enter. Although NATO was present throughout the Cold War as the opposite to the Warsaw Pact, joint military exercises were practiced but no military operations took place. This came after the Cold War when NATO's influence in a post Cold War rose to prominence in Bosnia where NATO gradually stepped up their efforts to end the trouble.

Some nations had many strong nationalist feelings and that led to an eagerness to expand which contributed to invading countries. Hitler had many desires of wanting to expand and gain more territory. Hitler started World War II by invading Poland in 1939, the German forces had raided Poland on foot and in air. Hitler had looked to regain lost land and fully gain rule of Poland. Three days after the invasion of Poland, Great Britain had sent Bombing Raids on Germany as a response.

Hitler, used to the fact that the Allies supported his decisions due to their appeasement policy, demanded the port of Danzig from Poland. However, to his disbelief, Britain refused, followed by France. Poland, Greece, Romania and Turkey were extended protection on 31 March 1939 by the Allies. Hitler realized that if he attacked Poland it would result in war with the Anglo-French. To get more support on his side, Hitler signed the Nazi-Soviet Pact on 23 August 1939 with the Soviet Union, a powerful state at that point of time. Hitler felt that the Anglo-French may change their minds about Poland by seeing the Pact. This never happened. Thus, on September 1st, 1939, Hitler sent 1.5 million German troops to invade Poland. Britain and France declared war on Germany on 3rd September. The Second World War had begun.