HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Germany invaded Poland
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Germany invaded Austria
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Germany formed an alliance with Italy
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Germany formed an alliance with Japan
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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: -Granted, Germany’s invasion of Poland in 1939 triggered declarations of war from France and the United Kingdom, formally starting World War II.
Detailed explanation-3: -The “reason” given was that Russia had to come to the aid of its “blood brothers, ‘’ the Ukrainians and Byelorussians, who were trapped in territory that had been illegally annexed by Poland. Now Poland was squeezed from West and East-trapped between two behemoths.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Battle of Westerplatte was the first battle of the German invasion of Poland, marking the start of World War II in Europe. It occurred on the Westerplatte peninsula in the harbour of the Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland).
Detailed explanation-5: -Why did the invasion of Poland launch World War II? It led Britain and France to abandon the policy of appeasement. In 1940 Japan signed the Tripartite Pact with which other countries? From Hitler’s point of view, what was the chief impact of the Nazi-Soviet Pact?