Sept.+1939+Germany+invades+Poland;+WWII+Begins

=The Invasion Of Poland= On September 1, 1939, Germany launched an attack on Poland. [1] German invaded the Polish airspace with their own warplanes. Dropping bombs and unloading bullets down onto the Polish military. The Polish air force was quickly destroyed. The German tanks and troop trucks quickly came into battle. The trucks carried more than 1.5 million soldiers.[2] The Polish invasion had unleashed World War II. This major attack didn't settle right with many Germans who had supported Hitler.

The 1939 Battle of Warsaw was fought between the Polish Warsaw Army against the German Army. It started with huge aerial bombardments by the Luftwaffe starting on September 1, 1939. With Germany on the west and Russia on the east, it did not take much to take over Warsaw, the capitol of Poland. Warsaw surrendered to the Germans on September 27, 1939. (German Military Destruction)

Britain and France, standing by their guarantee of Poland's border, had declared war on Germany on September 3, 1939. [3] Poland had formed an alliance with Britain and France. On September 3, Britain and France had declared war on Germany. The Germany's used their invasion on Poland as an advantage and strategy to test their newest military weapon the blitzkrieg (BLIHTS-kreeg), also known as "lightning war". The Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion.

With Hitlers victory over Poland, he was eager to turn on to the Western Allies. The Soviets make their move on September 17, Stalin sent Soviet troops to occupy the eastern half of Poland. This was due to the secret agreement with Hitler. Stalin had also sent troops to Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. It was no struggle with these three regions but Finland had resisted. Stalin had sent nearly 1 million troops to Finland on November 1939.

(No Fear) Work Cited 1. Susan Elizabeth Ramirez, Peter Stearn, Sam Wineburge.//World History; Human Legacy//. Holt, Rineheart, and Winston, 2008. 450. Print. 2. McDougal Littell. //Modern World History//; Published January 28th 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Company 3. http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-4498260498751147883&hl=en&fs=true