This started because the Germans decided to invade Poland and Britain had said if this happens we will help you. So they decided to send a note to them saying that they wanted to go to war thinking that it would scare them of. But unfortunately it didnt
Germany was TOO imperialistic, and they forced Britain into the war.
the invasion of Poland in Sept 1939
Germany invaded Poland which made Britain and Spain declare war
As dictated by a promise made, France and Britain immediately declared war on Germany after the invasion of Poland.
It didn't. Germany started invading other countries which made France and the UK declare war on Germany.
The German invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939.
4 September 1939 because New Zealand was one of the first countries to be involved in the global conflict precipitated by Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 Sept. It was a consequence of Britain's defence pact with Poland, and consequent war declaration on the 3 Sept, and many British commonwealth countries were of course directly affected.
because Neville chamberlain sent a message to Hitler by radio telling him if he didn't get out of Poland by 11 am on September 1st we would declare war he did not get out of Poland so we did declare war.
The great depression was a major factor because Britain and France could really afford another war. Also Britain kept having hollow treaties with Germany and that made it impossible for France to declare war because if they did they would not be able to attack Germany without help from Britain. Also France had lost millions of men in world war 1 and the people of France were reluctant to fight again even though they did eventually.
France and britain declared war germany because germany invaded poland
Poland
In World War 2 Germany had already defeated France when they declared war on Russia. At the time that Germany invaded Russia, Britain was the only major power at war with Germany and Britain didn't have the resources to mount an attack against mainland Europe. Germany was unable to attack England across the channel so Hitler decided to divert his attention to Russia before Stalin made his military forces any stronger.