the great war started with g Germany invasion of Poland September 1st 1939  when at 4:45 am 1.5 million German troops poured across all of the 1750 mile long border that germany shered with Poland simultaneously the germany air force called the Luftwaffe attacked the polish air bases  as well as the german navy attacked ther ports this was the first time that tanks were yoused in masse this was known as the blitzkrieg or lightnig war.


 the german forces advanced at a dizzing rate using panzer tanks to smash thrue enamy lines and made large gains in on the first day but it didn't take long for the allies to take notice. England and France declared war on the 3rd by the 8th of September the German troops advanced as far as the outskirts of Warsaw . the German troops advanced 140 miles in a week of war which was unheard of for the time.


polish Calvary moving to the front

on September 17th Russia attacked Poland from the east  forcing the poles to fight two fronts  at the same time the war got so bad that the polish armies had to send cavalry men against  the German armor we can only  guess how well that worked.
Poland surrendered on September 28th  just 28 days after the invasion started. the biggest controversy that happened during this time was how little the British and French did during this time they made almost no military moves against  Germany. and watched the defeat of Poland.





Early summary revised

World war 2 was the deadliest war in all of history. It is also one of my favorite time's to study. So for the next few weeks I will be talking about the beginning of the war.

The war lasted from September 1st to august 4th. the war began with the German invasion of Poland. It ended with the Japanese surrendered to the united states.

Over 60 million people died during this time. 40 million of them were civilian deaths.
This was brought about by accident on the British side. During the famous Battle of Briton, some British  bomber pilots lost there way in the dark. saw some lights below them and dropped there bombs. Little did they know that they had just bombed Berlin. thus enraging the German people. Forcing them to retaliate agenst the British. thus this accident started the bombing of the city's.

The war also saw  many changes which we still see today. Such as the jet plane, assault rifles, and rockets. plus the tanks evolved at a amazing rate. with the Germans going from the panzer 3 to the king tiger in about 5 years. I hope I can teach you ore about this war.