The major Polish defending unit that met the German invasion force was a cavalry unit - on horses. The rest of Europe was not much better prepared.
They were hesitant but this were counting on their Maginot Line and their old reputation from World War 1. In a sense they did know they could not defeat the Nazi Germans but they foolishly believed they could defend themselves with the assistance of the Brits.
the event was when Germany invaded Poland. when Britain and France found out they declare war on Germany.
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no. Hitler invaded many weak countries close to Germany before attacking Poland.
After World War I, the Treaty of Versailles forced Germany to relinquish a lot of territory, both colonies across the globe and in Europe. A large portion of German land was given to the newly formed Poland, which had been destroyed by Russia, Austria and Germany in the late 1700s. Hitler's beef with Poland was that he wanted to get that land back. There were a lot of German people living there, and he told stories about how the Polish government wasn't treating them well, and that they really wanted to live in Germany again. Germany invaded Poland in September 1939 after German agents dressed as Polish soldiers attacked a German radio station near the border with Poland. The underlying problem was that Hitler actually just wanted to conquer eastern Europe. He wanted to build a "Greater Germanic Empire" in Poland and Russia, and conquering Poland was the first step on that path. He would later foolishly invade Russia to continue this quest.
In September of 1939, Poland was overrun by the German Army in three weeks.
Danzig is a German name for a city of Gdansk. Gdansk is located in the northern Poland.
The Allied Forces defeated Germany and freed Poland from the Nazi occupation. Russia came in from the East to defeat Germany.
On September 1st 1939, German Forces overran Poland on land and air. Britain and France had a defence agreement with Poland and immediately demanded that German forces withdraw from Poland. Germany ignored the ultimatum, so on September 3rd 1939, Britain and France jointly declared war on Germany.
It depends a little on your definition of a 'German' city. Germany and France share a border and there are some 'German' cities currently on the French side (Strassburg for example). Same with Poland. Currently Poland has some of the former German territory Like Königsberg etc.
germany ____ No, actually in German-occupied Poland.
It is the military invasion on Poland by the Nazi Germany on September 1, 1939, which ended in German's occupation of Poland till 1945.