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What date did Germany bomb Poland?

On September 1939 Poland was invaded by Germany using planes, people and other various equipment. Britain then threatened Germany and announced that if Germany did not withdraw there troops from Poland, Britain would be at war with Germany. Adolf Hitler, Germany's leader refused and coincidentally Britain set war on Germany.


Why were Americans so long reluctant to break with Britain how does the declaration of independence explain the causes that impel them to separation?

· The Americans were so long reluctant to break with Britain because the Americans had a lot of autonomy and were reliant on British trade for many goods. Many of them felt as if they would be unable to mount a respectable defense against a British attack after they fought for sovereignty.


Did the US and Great Britain move as fast as humanly possible to open a second front against Germany in World War 2?

No, the opposite is true. The United States and England were actually slow to open a second front against Germany. Many hoped that Germany and the Soviet Union would bleed each other dry.


For what official reason did grat Britain declare 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.


Which was more important as a reason for Great Britain joining World War I?

The more important reason for Britain joining World War 1 was the Schlieffen Plan, that Germany had written up. The plan involved Germany attacking on two fronts; Russia and France. Almost immediately this would of set sparks off within the Triple Entente; Great Britain, Russia and France. The biggest fault of the plan was that Germany would have to go through Belgium to attack France. In 1839, Britain signed a treaty with France stating that they would help Belgium, who were neutral, if they were ever invaded. With Germany wanting to pass through Belgium, Britain were forced to declare war on Germany, something which the Germans had not expected at all. If Britain had left it, essentially Germany would of invaded both France and Belgium, and then would of been able to invade Britain from the South. Germany could of won World War One if Great Britain didn't attack.

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What event caused great Britain to entere the war?

The British had promised the Belgians that they would support them if Germany attacked them. When Germany invaded Belgium, Britain declared war on Germany.


How did the remilitarization of the rhineland impact international affairs?

France would only take action against Germany if brittain helped them. Britain declined and so nothing was done against the Germans. If France had acted against Germany, Germany would have been in no fit state to defend them and the 3rd Reich could have been over. bus due to Britain's policy of appeasement nothing was done. this gave Germany a strong border in the west and enabled them to focus their attention on the east, especially the sudetenland in chezoslovakia, as Germany continued to re-arm and Britain continued to appease them until September 3rd 1939 when ww2 began. euan999@hotmail.co.UK


How did the battles at Stalingrad change the fate of the allies at the momentum of war?

Although the British would like the Americans to think that Britain and the US did the main fighting in Europe; Germany spent 75% of it's fighting resources fighting the USSR (Russians). Translation: the real war in Europe, was Russia's "Great Patriotic War" against Germany.


Would Americans win the war against Nazis alone?

yes they woulsd of they had much more waepons even though germany would have beaten them early in the war


What might have happen if Great Britain had fallen to Germany?

Germany would have won the war.


What type of aid did the Americans want from France?

The Americans were hoping for any kind of help from France against Britain since we were, well, getting our butts kicked and if we were to lose, we would have been punished severely.


Why did you declare war on Germany and not Great Britain?

Great Britain and the United States were allies to defeat Germany so the US would not attack Great Britain.


Who warned Japan that Britain would be in the war?

Germany


What cause great Britain to enter the war?

The British had promised the Belgians that they would support them if Germany attacked them. When Germany invaded Belgium, Britain declared war on Germany.


What event caused the Great Britain war?

The British had promised the Belgians that they would support them if Germany attacked them. When Germany invaded Belgium, Britain declared war on Germany.


The Zimmerman Note outraged Americans by proposing that join Germany in a war against the US.?

Mexico


What did France and Britain say would happen if Germany invaded Poland?

They said that they would declare war on Germany