The Invasion of Poland
Germans attack using Blitzkrieg warfare (Panzers)
British and French Declare War on Sept. 3, 1939
Russia joins and occupies eastern half on 17
September,1939
War ends on 29 september 1939
British and French Declare War on Sept. 3, 1939
Russia joins and occupies eastern half on 17
September,1939
War ends on 29 september 1939
I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.
Bette Midler
In the first phase of World War II in Europe, Germany sought to avoid a long war. Germany's strategy was to defeat its opponents in a series of short campaigns. Germany quickly overran much of Europe and was victorious for more than two years by relying on a new military tactic called the "Blitzkrieg" (lightning war). Blitzkrieg tactics required the concentration of offensive weapons (such as tanks, planes, and artillery) along a narrow front. Combination of land and air action. The essence of blitzkrieg is the use of mobility, shock, and locally concentrated firepower in a skillfully coordinated attack to paralyze an adversary’s capacity to coordinate his own defenses, rather than attempting to physically overcome them