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Immediate cause: The German fascists had occupied Austria and Czechoslovakia before attacking Poland, and Poland was geographically semi-encircled by Germany. Because of this, Hitler gave the order to "destroy Poland forever" after the annexation of Czechoslovakia.

Poland and Britain and France were allies, Germany was between France and Poland, and Poland was inferior to Britain and France. So Hitler decided to conquer Poland first, and then settle Britain and France. Poland borders the Soviet Union, and the occupation of Poland provides a springboard for attacking the Soviet Union.

In order to avoid the possibility of simultaneous intervention by Britain, France, and the Soviet Union after the occupation of Poland, fascist Germany and the Soviet Union signed the "Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact" in August 1939. With all preparations in place, and in order to achieve the maximum result at the lowest cost, Germany launched a surprise attack on Poland on 1 September. Historical reasons:

There were many German-Polish historical conflicts, ethnic differences, and Hitler's revenge on the Jews.

In a word, Poland was a springboard for Germany to conquer the European powers.

In order to eliminate Poland, the main ally of Britain and France in Central Europe, relieve the worries of attacking Western Europe, improve their strategic position, increase their military economy, and establish a strategic base for attacking the Soviet Union. On March 21, 1939, Germany issued an ultimatum to Poland, demanding that Danzig be ceded and that it be given the right to build roads and railways in the "Polish Corridor", but Poland rejected these demands. On March 23, Britain and France formally formed a military alliance, and then on March 30 promised to give Poland security guarantees.

The German attack on Eastern Europe stopped at Poland in order to avoid fighting on two fronts.

On August 29, 1939, Germany made its last diplomatic declaration, and at the same time, the timetable of the White Plan had to be revised. That night, Germany** responded, in addition to protecting the German minority in Poland, Germany also wanted to recover Danzig and the Polish corridor.

In September 1939, Nazi Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Soviet troops invaded Poland, and on October 6, Germany and the Soviet Union occupied the entire territory of Poland, ending the Polish campaign.

Hitler and Stalin had an agreement that the two sides would divide Poland with the Neva River as the boundary. To invade Poland, Britain and France had to enter the war, so Germany also had to temporarily return to the Western Front and defeat Britain and France first.

In fact, the blitzkrieg on Poland in 1939 represented the outbreak of World War II. Countries declared war on Germany, and Germany could only meet it first, then conquer France, and then fight with Britain and Russia, and once attack outside Moscow.

"World War II"When the British and French were afraid of igniting the fire, they took"Appeasement"Policy. It was intended to cause Germany to attack the Soviet Union. Germany in Britain and France"Appeasement"Under the policy, they became even more rampant, wanting to further expand their own power, so they attacked Poland, one reason was to test the attitude of Britain and France, and the other was to sabotage the Paris Peace Treaty to prepare for their own expansion.

Britain and France "declared no war" yes"Appeasement"The expression of the policy was that Germany would attack the Soviet Union next. This is what I have compiled based on the information.,I hope it can help you.。。

1.Wave is a small country, Hitler thought it was okay to invade 2, Hitler wanted to try the attitude of aggression against Wave Britain and France 3, Wave was established by an inferior nation in his eyes 4, Wave was divided by Germany, Russia and Austria many times in history, Hitler thought that Wave was originally German territory.

The direct cause of the outbreak of World War II was the German attack on Poland, so the first German attack in World War II must have been Poland, the reason:

1. Poland was once part of Germany.

2. Poland occupies the Danzig Corridor and the Free City of Danzig.

3. Poland invaded Germany when Germany was weak after World War I.

4. The existence of Poland severed the connection between Germany mainland and East Prussia.

5. Poland has less than 1 million troops, while France has 2 million.