On September 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland, Germany attacks the

Polish airfields and it’s Naval fleet. Britain and France saw that

Germany was trying to gain more land and power. On the third of

September Britain and France declared war on Germany which started

World War 2. The USSR couldn’t come to the defense of Poland

because of nonaggression pact the Soviet Union. Hitler gave orders for

the Poland invasion to begin on August 26, but on the day before he

had to delay the attack when he learned that Britain had signed a

new treaty with Poland, promising full military support should Poland

be attacked.

Hitler had to think of a different plan of attack. So he turned to

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troops wearing Polish uniforms staged a fake

invasion of Germany to make Poland seem aggressive, damaging some

the German border and leaving behind a handful of dead concentration

camp prisoners in Polish uniforms to have evidence of the supposed

Polish invasion.

Which Nazi propagandists publicized as an unforgivable act of

hostility. On September 1, the invasion began. The Nazis scrambled to

head off hostilities with the Western powers, but on September 2

Britain and France demanded that Germany withdraw by September 3

or start a war. On September 3, Germany didn’t follow Britains and

Frances demand, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain went on

national radio to declare that Britain was at war with Germany.

Australia, New Zealand, and India followed shortly thereafter. The

same day at 5:00 p.m., France declared war on Germany. Despite

Britain and France declaration of war against Germany, Both countries

did little militarily to aid Poland and on September 4, Britain bombed

German warships.

France did not launch a full-scale attack even though it had

mobilized over four times of Germany’s Army. There were assaults by

France on its border with Germany but the attacks ceased