hitler’s polish gamble the treaty of versailles created poland but this cut germany into 2 pieces
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Hitler’s Polish Gamble
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The Treaty of Versailles created Poland but this cut
Germany into 2 pieces
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Poland got access to the sea through the
port of Danzig.
This was administered by The League of Nations.
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Hitler claimed that Germans in
Poland were being unfairly
treated
Step 4: The invasion of Poland
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Could Hitler capture Poland without fighting, as he did with Austria and Czechoslovakia?
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Great Britain
changes her
position
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If Germany invades
Poland, Great Britain will
declare war on the Third
Reich.
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Hitler’s Gamble: Capture Poland
before France and GB are able to mobilize their
troops
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On August 23,1939 the world is shocked to learn that Stalin and Hitler had signed a non-aggression
pact. This meant if Germany invades Poland the USSR does nothing!
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Hitler and Stalin both want to regain
territories lost after WWI in the Treaty of
Versailles.
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On September 1 1939 Hitler
invades Poland.
WWII has begun.
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