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Hitler Germany Invasion of Poland 1939

Hitler's Germany invades Poland... September 1, 1939

September 1, 1939 -- A DAY THAT SHOOK THE WORLD. As this vintage newsreel from British Pathe notes, the German invasion of Poland gave the world a new word, "blitzkrieg." Question: Who came to Poland's aid when she was so viciously attacked?

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/ww2-general/hitlers-germany-invades-poland-september-1-1939-a-33850.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland

Invasion of Poland
Part of The European Theatre of World War II
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The map shows the beginning of World War II in September 1939 in a European context.
Date1 September – 6 October 1939
(1 month and 5 days)
LocationPoland and the Free City of Danzig
ResultDecisive Axis and Soviet victory
Beginning of World War II
Territorial
changes		Polish territory divided between Germany, the Soviet Union, Lithuania and Slovakia
Belligerents
 Germany
Slovakia Slovakia (see details)
Soviet Union Soviet Union (After 17 September, see details)
Poland Poland
Commanders and leaders
Nazi Germany Fedor von Bock
(Army Group North)
Poland Edward Rydz-Śmigły
(Marshal of Poland)
Poland Wacław Stachiewicz
(Chief of the General Staff)
Poland Tadeusz Kutrzeba
(Army Poznań)
Poland Juliusz Rómmel
(Łódź Army, Warszawa Army)
Strength
Germany:
60 divisions,
6 brigades,
9,000 guns,[1]
2,750 tanks,
2,315 aircraft[2]
Slovakia:
3 divisions
Joined on 17 September:
Soviet Union:
33+ divisions,
11+ brigades,
4,959 guns,
4,736 tanks,
3,300 aircraft
Total:
1,500,000 Germans,[1]
466,516 Soviets,[3]
51,306 Slovaks
Grand total: 2,000,000+
Poland:
39 divisions (some of them were never fully mobilized and concentrated),[4]
16 brigades,[4]
4,300 guns,[4]
880 tanks,
400 aircraft[1]
Total: 950,000[Note 1]
Casualties and losses
Germany:[Note 2]
16,343 killed,
3,500 missing,[11]
30,300 wounded
Slovakia:
37 killed,
11 missing,
114 wounded[12]
Soviet Union:[Note 3]
1,475 killed or missing,
2,383 wounded[3]
or:
5,327 killed, missing and wounded[13]
Total casualties: 59,000
Poland:[Note 4]
66,000 dead,
133,700 wounded,
199,700 total casualties,
694,000 captured
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