WW2 Allied Powers

Both Russia and Germany invaded Poland in 1939. The Russian army was known as the Red Army while Germany mainly used their air force called the Luftwaffe.

Answer Because her enemies had at least five times her population, not even counting Britain's empire, and perhaps as much as 20 times her industrial capacity. Against those odds victory was virtually impossible. Then to top it off Adolf Hitler assumed personal command of the German armed forces, a position for which he was utterly unqualified, with the result that the Germans, on his personal orders, made one disastrous strategic mistake after another. Even if the allies had been poorly led they still would have won but they weren't poorly led. They had excellent political leaders and military commanders. Comment In both World Wars the real surprise was that Germany managed to keep fighting for so long. As the above answer indicates, Germany had taken on a vast alliance with immense human, material and industrial resources.

France's strength in WW2 was defence.It was rock solid in defend by convential means. It was not suited however for mobile warfare.The french were expected another trench war and they thought that because of the maginot line, they would win with out much of a fight.However, as GErmany had an effective military offensive capability they seept through the part of the maginot line covering t the side exposed to belgium which took longer to build due to high production costs.

FRances offensive capabiluity was almost none as they only were able to attack a few desolute German towns and villages in 1939.

As we would have never agreed with the Nazis and their fuhrer's fanatical beliefs and ideas. The atrocities they committed could never have been more evil. For they are undoubtedly impossible to beat.

The western countries that were France, Italy- Benito Mussolini and Britain- Neville Chamberlain were appeasing to Hitler because he wanted Sudetenland which was a part of Czechoslovakia because it was occupied by a majority of a population of Germans... also Britain, Italy and France thought that if they agree to his demands in return of a favor of not invading any other territory. They signed this appeasement without the knowledge of Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovakia was shocked but could not do anything as it was not that powerful to defeat France, Italy, Germany, Britain or any of them.

The Allies in WWII consisted of the United States, the United Kingdom and its colonies, the Soviet Union , France and China. Minor members included the Netherlands, Poland, Yugoslavia, Brazil, Mexico, Romania and Bulgaria. This is a list of official members. Other countries such as Denmark and Norway were invaded by the Axis but were not Allied nations. Also, the official members may not have been so from 1939. For example, Romania and Bulgaria joined in 1944 after their liberation by the Soviet Union.

I just read from my book and it say's the these agreements created feelings of bitterness and betrayal among the victors and the defeated

It has been estaimated that around 65,000,000 people died during WW2, that is including civilians, allied and axis soldiers.Most being civilians tho.

The side to lose the most people were on the allies, namely China and USSR who lost over 15 million each.

This depends on the context in which you have come across the word. An 'ally' is someone who takes the side of, and assists, another person in a dispute of some sort. Allies usually refers to countries which have fought on the same side in a war. In the Second World War, "the Allies" were Great Britain (and the British Commonwealth countries), France, Poland, Russia, and the United States of America.

Since Taiwan was occupied by Japan during that time, no, it wasn't. However, Taiwanese people were forced to live and work for supplying Japanese military needs. Young men were called to the battlefields in the Southern Pacific islands and never came back. After the Japanese surrendered, it gave up its sovereignty of Taiwan after 50 years of colonization(1895-1945). Some claim that Taiwan was "returned to China", however, the legality of this statement has been questioned. When the Chinese Civil War ensued, and the Nationalists were eventually defeated by the communists, General Chiang Kai Shek fled to Taiwan in 1947. He brought continued the Republic of China's government on the island. The plan was to regroup and attack/return to the mainland, but that never happened. Taiwan, ROC was an ally until 1979 when President Nixon switched US recognition from the ROC on Taiwan to the People's Rep. of China.

America's support of the allies led Hitler to attack American ships.

about your question "how did countries respond to the invasion of Poland is:

GB and France declared war to Germany but there were no military actions on their part in the meantime, apart of some "skirmishes" on the North Sea and the Atlantic (navy actions of GB and Germany and the German invasion in Norway in April 1940). This declaration of war was called "phony war" until German's invasion of France in May 1940.

Answer to the first part of the question "during 1939 what happened to Poland as a result of the invasion".

In compliance with the Ribbentrop-Molotov Agreement, Poland was divided into to parts between Germany and Soviet Union. The territory occupied by the Soviets have never been recovered by Poland, who after the war received as compensation German territories westward. It's worth to point out that during the last days of fighting, Poland has been also invaded by Soviet Army which hit

the Polish Army from behind.

Because germany had been defeated in war (twice). The occupation was to insure that Germany would not attempt to regain the ability to make war, and to help preserve the lives of the residents of Germany. The nation had been badly damaged by the war, leaving people without shelter, warmth, food, clothing, or medical care.

I heve not long finished reading 'The Last Escape' by John Nichol & Tony Rennel: fascinating & illuminating story of the Allied Pow in Germany. It does throw some light on the Russian pow situation, which is quite grim. And shows the beginnings of the Cold War. The differences between that situation and that of the Soviet regime & the Japanese treatment of Pow is however quite stark. Therefore I heartily recommend reading this book, but the answer to the question, I really do not know......

It was about 31 000

The attack on Pearl Harbor left no doubt it was time to step up to the plate and fight Japan and her ally Germany. They were incensed about the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

At the end of the war when they found the concentration camps many Americans wished they had gone against Hitler much sooner.

He demilitarized the Rhineland,

united with Austria,

increased his army,

expanded his country and began to take more land (eg. Sudetenland)

They came into Normandy on the beaches of France and then worked their way up into the rest of Europe. This is what is called "D Day." A good example of what happened is the HBO series Saving Private Ryan.

The USA, together with Britain, France and Russia formed the Allies. Their enemies were the Axis Powers, consisting of Germany (including Austria), Italy, and Japan.

well. there was a lot of us!

Here is some:

Russia

Great Britain

America

France

North Africa

Mexico

Canada

Yugoslavia

South Africa

China

Austrailia

New zeland

Denmark

and lots more!

The axis powers consisted of:

Germany

Italy

Japan

The main leaders of the aliied were:

Great britian

Russia

America

you can go on my disscusion page and i can tell you lots abptu ww2 because were learning it at school!

Axis powers also had Romania , Bulgaria along with nationals from many other countries like the Dutch and Belgians who fought against communist forces

the beach was very hard to take because the barriers were not cleared and there was not any of the tanks there. The German army also had the beach covered with heavy machine guns.

Well, in 1945 Hitler shot himself, so he kind of defeated himself.