germany invades poland Flashcards
date
september 1st 1939, set off WW2 when great britain and france declared war on germany
how did germany have the upper hand
it was a surprise attack + they had air power + armour in an advanced way never seen before
why was WW2 declared
Hitler went against his non-aggression pack with Poland, in which he signed in January 1934. germans resented this pack because Poland received former German territory.
hitler said war must be..
conducted with greatest brutality and without mercy
gleiwitz incident
the gleiwitz incident was when germany maliciously declared that Poland was planning to attack Germany with allies. German military and the SS staged a false attack on a German radio station which they blamed on Poland to justify their attack
germanys assets
2000 tanks, almost 400 bombers, over 400 fighter planes and positioned 60 divisions and close to 1.5 million men
germanys victims
poland, east prussia, warsaw, silesia and slovakia
polands defence
Germany quickly pass Polish defences, the border and Warsaw due to Poland to plane late with insufficient deployment and lacking motorise units, couldn’t deploy more than 300 planes, mostly destroyed in the first days. Poland inflict a few serious fatalities but were defeated in weeks
when was war declared
1/09/1939
warsaw surrendered
28/09/1939
Germany and the Soviet Union divided Poland up
29/9/1939
Poland‘s defence ended + who was now under Nazi germanys control
6/10/39 - Warsaw, Radom and Lublin were under Nazis control
Germany seized Soviet tenant
June 1941, Germany had seized all pre-war territory of Poland
why did germany retreat
The Soviet red Army force German military to retrieve between 1944 and the start of 1945 through the country towards Berlin
how was this associated with other turning points
because this set off World War II and the other turning points and led to key evolution and turning points
