Germany Invades Poland
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Military History, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, World War II, Invasions, Raids, Conquests, Sieges, Fascism, Fascists, Holocaust
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, German History, Eastern European History
- Geographical Location: Germany, Poland
- Date: September 1, 1939
Article abstract: Germany invades Poland, initiating the first hostile fighting in World War II and launching the policies that result in the Holocaust.
Summary of Event
On March 15, 1939, after the Nazis had staged a bogus crisis, German troops marched into Czechoslovakia and occupied Prague, thus completing the annexation of the Czech state which Adolf Hitler had planned in 1938. Hitler and his henchmen then turned their attention to Poland. On March 21, Joachim von Ribbentrop, foreign minister of Germany, summoned Józef Beck, the foreign minister of...
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