invasion of Poland
War's European beginning
The invasion of Poland refers to the German attack on Poland in September 1939 that triggered World War II.
Nazi forces crossed the border on September 1; Britain and France declared war on Germany two days later.
The Soviet Union invaded from the east on September 17 under a secret agreement with Germany.
Poland fell within weeks.
The phrase sometimes appears in discussions of appeasement's failure or the dangers of unchecked aggression: We can't just let this become another invasion of Poland.
- World War IISecond global military conflict
- blitzkriegFast, overwhelming military campaign
- WehrmachtNazi Germany's armed forces
- Nazi GermanyHitler's fascist dictatorship
- SeptemberYear's ninth month
1939 · Hitler · panzer division · tanks · Luftwaffe · occupation · resistance · Warsaw · cavalry · Nazis · Stalin · partition · Soviet Union · bombs · sirens · refugees · Danzig · pact
- WWIID-Day, Pearl Harbor, Normandy, Hiroshima, Holocaust
- invasionincursion, amphibious assault, beach landing, beachhead, landing
- Polish Historypartitions, Piast dynasty, Pulaski, September 1939, Warsaw Ghetto
- Danzig HistoryDanzig, September 1939, Nazi occupation, German occupation, port city
invasion of Polandcapitulation
Complete yielding to demands
armistice · ceasefire · defensive war · defensive action · strategic retreat
invasion of PolandV-E Day
May 1945 armistice commemoration
German surrender · D-Day · Operation Overlord · Treaty of Versailles · Marshall Plan
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