The Nazi Soviet Pact and Invasion of Poland Flashcards
Why were Poland reluctant to get help from USSR in the Spring of 1939?
Poland was afraid of Soviet ambitions to take land from Poland
Why was the Nazi-Soviet Pact so surprising?
Fascist Germany and Communist USSR disliked each other. Germany even wanted land in the East.
Why would Japan and Italy be surprised by this particularly?
In 1937 they had signed the Anti-Comintern Pact (against communism)
What did the Nazi-Soviet Pact say?
Publically- USSR and Germany agreed not to interfere against the other power in the event of war
Privately- Divide up Poland between them
How did Hitler think GB would react?
Presumed they would back down just like in Munich(Danzig was German and the Polish Corridor divided Germany)
Why did the Nazi-Soviet Pact make war likely?
- Germany didn’t have to worry about fighting on 2 fronts
2. GB had promised to help Poland if attacked (war inevitable)
What percentage of people in Danzig were German?
90%
On what date did German troops invade Poland?
1st September 1939
When did GB declare war on Germany?
3rd September 1939
