Great Britain was because the British had pledged to defend Belgium.
Britain was committed to defend France and Belgium and since they joined the Britain did
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France and Britain declared war on Germany.
The Hitler/Stalin nonaggression pact was at the expense of Poland. Germany occupied western Poland and the USSR occupied eastern Poland, triggering WW II because Britain and France had promised to defend Poland.
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The unorganized militia.
Militias were citizen groups who pledged to protect their own community.
Their commitment to defend Poland. WWII began when Germany attacked Poland, when Poland surrendered on September 28, 1939, their allies Britain and France were forced to intervene.
They felt they were not strong enough to go to war and they would loose and the people of Britain didn't want to They wanted to stop Hitler from going to war with them by giving him what he wanted The people wanted peace (fear of another world war) They thought Hitler's complaints were resonable especially about the Treaty of Versailles since it was probably too harsh on the Germans After the Great Depression, Britain and France had their own internal problems. They failed to co-operate to check Hitler. They felt that the USSR (Russia) was a greater threat to them. They therefore hope that by allying with Hitler, they may defend together against the USSR.
They were called militia or posses.
There called militia men. A militia is a force of armed civilians made up of merchants, farmers, blacksmiths, etc. who pledged to defend their community. They weren't the best soldiers though...