Hitler's Attack On Poland Before World War II

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On September 1, 1939 some 1.5 million German troops invaded Poland all along its 1,750 mile border with German controlled territory. The German Luftwaffe bombed Polish airfields and German warships and U-boats attacked Polish naval forces in the Baltic Sea. Hitler claimed that the massive invasion was a defensive action, but Britain and France weren’t convinced. On September 3rd, they declared war on Germany, starting World War Two. To Hitler the attack on Poland would bring living space for the German people. Germans colonized the

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