History 1401E Lecture 2: Hitler's Goals and Germany's Losses
1 Apr 2016
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Chronology of the second world war with a focus on europe: 1939: august 23 nazi-soviet pact. Pact with the soviet union that agreed that the countries would not make war with each other one week later the attack on poland occurred: september 1 germany invades. Huge propaganda to emphasize the imprisonment of born. Germany had a massive army far larger than that of poland"s army. Czechoslovakia, and soviet (it was presumed that the soviets would join in, although they did not, meaning the poles were only attacked from two directions) Hopefully germany and france would end their hostile relations, although france disagreed and launched war after the attack on. Split into multiple parts: ethnic poles sent to one part (rural conditions to the general government, many treated as second-class subjects in what was now germany) The original intention was the poland would be an ally, however since they disagreed, germany invaded and occupied them.
