WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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they were allies with Germany
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Germany attacked Poland and they had a pact to defend Poland.
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they were a parat of an international army formed to keep Hitler in check.
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Hitler signed a non-aggression pact with Stalin.
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Detailed explanation-1: -German troops invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, triggering World War II. In response to German aggression, Great Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany. Nazi Germany possessed overwhelming military superiority over Poland.
Detailed explanation-2: -On September 3, 1939, in response to Hitler’s invasion of Poland, Britain and France, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on Germany.
Detailed explanation-3: -The military alliance between the United Kingdom and Poland was formalised by the Anglo-Polish Agreement in 1939, with subsequent addenda of 1940 and 1944, for mutual assistance in case of a military invasion from Nazi Germany, as specified in a secret protocol.
Detailed explanation-4: -After the occupation of Czechoslovakia by German troops 16 March 1939, the French and British governments offered a guarantee of Polish sovereignty against any act of aggression.
Detailed explanation-5: -France and Britain responded to the invasion of Poland by declaring war on Germany on September 3, 1939. But they did not engage in a major battle with Germany until spring 1940, when the French, especially, found little success in halting the German advance in western Europe.