The Nazis attack Poland. The nonaggression pact enabled Germany to attack Poland without the fear of Soviet Union intervention. On August 31st the S.S. staged an attack on a German radio station Gleiwitz in an attempt to create the appearance of Polish aggression. The next day, September 1st, Germany invaded Poland with more than 2,000 tanks and over 1,000 planes. Nearly one million Polish men were mobilized but, instead of taking a strong defensive, rushed to meet the German troops. On the 17th of September the Soviet Union also invaded Poland, breaking their peace treaty with Poland. Polish troops were hopelessly outmatched by the two totalitarian regimes. After a heavy shelling and bombing by the Germans, the Polish capitol city of Warsaw
