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There was no background. Adolf Hitler Was determined to take over the country, eliminate all of the Polish people that were not to be used as slave laborers, and settle Germans on the land. When he felt strong enough to do it, he attacked. He faked a Polish attack on a German border crossing as a pretext and then invaded with all of Germay's strength. Michael Montagne

Background to the German invasion of Poland: Hitlers main ambition was to unite all of the old Germany and create another German empire stronger than the one before, in order to do that Hitler needed the support of Germans living in pre-WWI German states eg. Czechoslavakia, Poland. These states had been given independence by the allies after WWI. In Hitlers mind all he was doing was taking back what was rightfully German land. To avoid a sneak attack from Stalin and the Soviet Union while his troops were occupying Poland, Hitler cut a deal with the communists and they agreed to half Poland between each other. Poland did not stand a chance, the German "Blitzkrieg" or "Lightning War" proved very effective and Poland was lost within weeks of the invasion. $iL3NT HuNtA

AnswerA part of Germany was transferred to Poland after WW1 and the Germans living there were then treated badly by the Polish government. Conditions were so bad that many Germans in these areas moved to Germany. This transfer of territory also cut off East Prussia from the rest of Germany. There had been ethnic tension and strife, but most of this dated from the 1920s. However, from 1934 till early in 1939 relations between Germany and Poland was quite good.
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The background involves many factors. Since many Germans lived in Poland along the German border,Hitler thought that just this part should be German territory. He also hated Polish people and their right to exists as a nation.The old murderer then linked up with another old murderer named Stalin. The deal was the German Russian peace treaty, or the great land grab. If Stalin would not interfere, Hitler would invade Poland and both would split the land. Their was a snag in this thinking. What about Poland's treaty with France and France with England? Hitler believed that neither one would care about Poland. He was wrong. France declared war on Germany followed by England. It is interesting how Hitler began the Polish war. He started by lying about how mistreated the German's living in Poland were. He was actually baiting the German people for war. He then took a dozen or so condemned men and dressed them up in Polish uniforms and staged a fake invasion after Germans took over a radio station and broadcast harrassing Propaganda in Polish to Germans. For the "protection" of the Polish Germans he invaded Poland to "keep the peace". It was all a sham and a lie just like everything else the the petty demon corporal did. Hitler always claimed the moral high ground in world oppinion when in fact he got his way through lies, trechery, intimidation and murder. Thank God for Winston Churchill who stood against him when the rest of the spineless world was caving in daily to Hitler's mad desires. 1. In 1918 Poland had been "recreated" from territory taken from Germany, Austria and Russia. As the nationalities couldn't be neatly divided, this involved the transfer of a significant number of Germans to Poland. In the early years they were in fact treated badly, so much so that quite a number left Poland and moved to Germany. In the immediate aftermath of WW1 the Polish government, with encouragement from France, also tried to seize the Upper Silesia before people in the area could vote (as had been agreed at Versailles) on whether they wanted to remain part of Germany or become part of Poland. A combined force of British troops, there by invitation of the Germans, and German 'Freikorps' drove the Polish irregulars out. There are some incongruous photos dating from 1921 of British troops alongside assorted Germans mercenaries sporting the skull and crossbones! (Note. Britain consistently opposed attempts by France to go beyond the Treaty of Versailles). However, by the 1930s ill treatment of the German minority in Poland had ceased. What Hitler exploited in 1939 was above all memories of earlier events and old resentments. 2. Hitler had admired Pilsudski (died in 1935) and the Poles for their successes against the Red Army in 1920. He was even willing to offer them a kind of privileged status among the Slav peoples (a bit a like the Croats). However, any deal would have had to be entirely on his terms and would have involved giving Germany control over the land corridor separating East Prussia from the rest of Germany and Danzig would have had to be returned to Germany. Poland, perfectly resasonably, rejected this. 3. The sequence of events in early September 1939 was: a. Sept. 1st: German secret service attacked German radio station in Gleiwitz (Silesia) at 5.45am. Invasion followed within minutes. b. Sept. 3rd: Britain delivered ultimatum to Germany to halt the advance into Poland. Satisfactory reply required within two hours. There was no reply and Chamberlain broadcast to the nation, informing the British that the country was at war with Germany. Later that day France declared war on Germany. Hitler's hope that he could fight a 'local' war were dashed and he had a major European war on his hands.

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Germany invaded on the 1st September 1939 at 4:00 am using the Blitzkrieg (lightening war) technique. They then sent in troops in tanks and on foot to invade.By the 3rd, Britain and France announced that they were at war with Germany and by the 20th, Poland had surrendered to Hitler

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The Polish fought back very hard, but the Germans still won.

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To further the expansionist plans of The Third Reich.

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What led France and Britain to declare war against Germany to begin World War 2?

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How did France respond to the invasion of Poland in 1939?

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.


What two countries invaded Poland in 1939 and what event did it signal the start of?

Poland was invaded by Germany in 1939. This invasion was also known as the September Campaign and signaled the start of the war in Europe, World War 2. Slovakia also invaded Poland in 1939 during the invasion by German troops. The Soviet Union also invaded Poland on September 17th 1939.


Was Gdansk Poland taken over by Hitler?

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Who was the leader of Germany during its invasion of Poland in 1939?

Adolf Hitler

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How did France respond to the invasion of Poland in 1939?

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Was Gdansk Poland taken over by the Nazis?

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Was Gdansk Poland taken over by Hitler?

Gdansk, or at the time the Free City of Danzig, was a Free City, and not part of Poland during and prior to World War 2. It was administrated by Poland, but was a free city not under their government.Danzig voted to join the German Reich (as it was primarily German speaking), and German troops entered and liberated (one of the few times Germans liberated anyone during World War 2) the city from Poland during the invasion of Poland.After the war, the city along with most of Eastern Germany was granted to Poland and all German civilians were exiled or murdered, with Poles replacing them.


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Who was the leader of Germany during its invasion of Poland in 1939?

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