Germany instigated World War 2 through the invasion of Poland. The Allies' reaction to the invasion was to declare war.
GB and France officially declared war with Germany and perused little or no military actions against Germany, contrary to their earlier promises.
what was britains and france's response to the invasion of poland and why?
Germany invaded Poland on 1st September 1939. On 3rd September 1939, Britain and France declared war on Germany.
After Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, Britain and France retaliated by declaring war on Germany on September 3, 1939.
Declared war on Germany
Britain and France had offered a guarantee to Poland that if she was attacked by Germany they would come to her aid. When Germany subsequently invaded Poland, Britain and France gave Germany an ultimatum, demanding the withdrawal of German troops from Poland. Failure to do so would result in a state of war.
German troops attacked Poland on Septemer 1st 1939. Britain and France declared war on Germany two days later. But also before that, Germany had been taking and bringing other countries into the Third Reich. France was conquered in as little as 6 weeks which showed how well Germany's army was built.
When Germany invaded Poland, Britain and France had an agreement with Poland to come to Poland's aid should the country ever be invaded. As Germany refused to withdraw from Poland, Britain and France declared war against Germany.
Britain and France had a defence agreement with Poland. On 1 September 1939, German troops attacked Poland, so on 3 September 1939, Britain and France declared war on Germany.
England and France warned Germany that any invasion of Poland would result in war. When Germany attacked Poland France and England honored their treaty obligations with Poland and attacked Germany.
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In WW2 the French and Britain said they would declare war on Germany if they attacked Poland. When Nazi Germany invaded Poland France and Britain declared war on Germany. Then Germany stormed French.
The British were a part of the Anglo-Polish military alliance, an agreement between several countries, including England, France, and Poland. When the Germans invaded Poland in the fall of 1939, Great Britain gave the Germans an ultimatum to pull all of their troops out of Poland immediately, but Germany ignored them. A day later, Great Britain and France declared war on Germany, as they had agreed to do as part of the military alliance.
Britain and France both had a defence agreement with Poland. When Germany attacked Poland on 1st September 1939, Britain and France both declared war on Germany two days later but their actions did absolutely nothing to help Poland.
Britain and France had a defence pact with Poland. When German forces attacked Poland on 1st September 1939, Britain and France demanded that they withdraw. Germany ignored the request, so on 3rd September 1939 Britain and France issued a joint declaration of war against Germany.
Yes. Britain was allied with Poland, Germany attacked Poland, Britain attacked Germany - a fact that Hitler did not predict. A war with Britain and France was not planed by Hitler, at least not at this point. A war was indeed planed, but later, 1945 or 1947.
Britain and France had offered a guarantee to Poland that if she was attacked by Germany they would come to her aid. When Germany subsequently invaded Poland, Britain and France gave Germany an ultimatum, demanding the withdrawal of German troops from Poland. Failure to do so would result in a state of war.
Britain and France both declared war on Germany on 3 September 1939 - two days after Germany had attacked Poland.
Great Britain: Poland had a treaty with GB and had to support Poland in case Nazi-Germany attacked it. USA: Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese who were allied with the Germans. Italy was also allied with Germany and Austria and Czech was annexxed to to it. France and Poland were attacked by Germany.
German troops attacked Poland on Septemer 1st 1939. Britain and France declared war on Germany two days later. But also before that, Germany had been taking and bringing other countries into the Third Reich. France was conquered in as little as 6 weeks which showed how well Germany's army was built.
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In both cases, because Germany attacked countries with which the UK had alliances or to whom she had given guarantees. In 1914, when Germany attacked France via Belgium, Britain, as a member of the Triple Entente (Britain, France and Russia), was obliged to go to the defense of France. In March 1939, after Hitler had broken the 1938 Munich Agreement and occupied Czechoslovakia, Britain and France gave guarantees to Poland that they would go to war with Germany if Hitler attacked Poland, which, of course, happened on September 1, 1939. After Germany ignored Britain's ultimatum to withdraw from Poland, she declared war on Germany on September 3.