WORLD HISTORY

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: -Germany invades Poland, initiating World War II in Europe. German forces broke through Polish defenses along the border and quickly advanced on Warsaw, the Polish capital. Hundreds of thousands of refugees, both Jewish and non-Jewish, fled the German advance hoping the Polish army could halt the German advance.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The Second World War was the most destructive conflict in human history. Years of international tension and aggressive expansion by Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany culminated in the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939. Britain and France declared war on Germany two days later.

Detailed explanation-5: -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-6: -In the end, German losses totaled 14, 000 dead or missing and 30, 000 wounded out of a total of 1, 250, 000 troops involved in the invasion; Polish casualties numbered 66, 000 dead, 130, 000 wounded, and 400, 000 captured out of 800, 000 troops.