Monday, January 14, 2013

Invastion of Poland, Fall 1939

German troops parade through Warsaw after the surrender of Poland. Warsaw, Poland, September 28-30, 1939.
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    Germany's first thing to do after coming to power was to sign a nonaggression pact with poland in 1934. Many germans did not agree with the pact with poland. Hitler did it anyways so that the french didn't become a allience with poland before germany had a chance to rearm. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded poland. The polish was easily defeted within weeks,German units, with more than 2,000 tanks and over 1,000 planes, broke through Polish defenses along the border and advanced on Warsaw in a massive encirclement attack. After heavy shelling and bombing, Warsaw surrendered to the Germans on September 27, 1939. The British and France standing by their guarantee of Poland's border, had declared war on Germany on September 3, 1939. The Germans were not worried to fight British and france, but they were not ready to face a powerful army like the nazis. So the French and British forces aggred to not go to war with Germany. Even before Germany attacked Poland they wanted to sign a pact called the German-Soviet Pact which  stated that Poland was to be partitioned between the two powers, enabled Germany to attack Poland without the fear of Soviet intervention. Right after that was done Germany attact Poland and won within a week.

German forces in the outskirts of Warsaw. In the background of the photograph, the city burns as a result of the German military assault. Warsaw, Poland, September 1939.
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"Holocaust History." Invasion of Poland, Fall 1939. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Jan. 2013.
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11 comments:

  1. UnknownJanuary 15, 2013 at 10:06 AM

    Nice summary, don't forget to capitalize crounties.

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  2. UnknownJanuary 16, 2013 at 2:07 PM

    This is very informative and I had no idea that the war initially started in 1939.

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  3. bri14January 16, 2013 at 6:17 PM

    Wow, that was a short war with Germany and Poland it only lasted 26 days. You did great with summarizing that article and stating the main points.

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  4. Venus_SageJanuary 16, 2013 at 7:16 PM

    Thats is probably the shortest war that I have ever read about. But you done great on summarizing it and I really knew what you was talking about.

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  5. UnknownJanuary 16, 2013 at 8:18 PM

    It's crazy how things can change in just a couple of short weeks or months. Very good information

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  6. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2013 at 9:50 AM

    Great information. Its really tells what happened

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  7. UnknownJanuary 17, 2013 at 9:51 AM

    this was a great information. I didnt know that Poland's border, had declared war on Germany on September 3, 1939.

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  8. UnknownJanuary 17, 2013 at 9:51 AM

    Good job on summerizing what happened!!

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  9. KaitlinJanuary 18, 2013 at 9:25 PM

    Great information.

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