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The Invasion of Poland, [e] also known as the September Campaign, [f] Polish Campaign, [g] and Polish Defensive War of 1939 [h] [13] (1 September – 6 October 1939), was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union, which marked the beginning of World War II. [14]
The Soviet invasion of eastern Poland followed on September 17. [3] On August 29, 1939, Adolf Hitler told British Ambassador Nevile Henderson that he was ready to resume negotiations with Poland. For this purpose, a Polish plenipotentiary was required to come to Berlin within 24 hours. [4] In principle, Poland and Great Britain were ready to ...
Adolf Hitler issues a general armistice for any war crimes committed by German troops during the campaign against Poland. [82]: 58 German massacres of Poles in Paterek, committed as part of the Intelligenzaktion campaign begin. [83]
1939, clockwise from top left: Captain Juutilainen at the Winter War's Battle of Kollaa, HMS Courageous (50) (pictured) sunk by U-29, Hitler reviews a Wehrmacht victory parade following the successful invasion of Poland, Imperial Japan sigma Army soldiers at the Battle of Changsha
Hitler cited the border incidents in a speech in the Reichstag on the same day, with three of them called very serious, as justification for his invasion of Poland. [14] Hitler had told his generals on 22 August, "I will provide a propagandistic casus belli. Its credibility doesn't matter. The victor will not be asked whether he told the truth".
Following the German invasion of Poland in September 1939 and the occupation of Poland by German forces, the Nazi regime attempted to destroy Polish culture. [97] As part of that policy, the Nazis confiscated Polish national heritage assets and much private property.
According to Adolf Hitler's order, the invasion of Poland was planned for 4:25 a.m., on 26 August 1939. However, on 25 August, the attack was delayed because on that day Hitler learned that Britain had signed a new treaty with Poland, in which it promised military support if Poland was attacked.
The history of Poland from 1939 to 1945 encompasses primarily the period from the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union to the end of World War II. Following the German–Soviet non-aggression pact, Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany on 1 September 1939 and by the Soviet Union on 17 September.