World War II: Germany, Lightning, Poland, England, and France, what are they doing

At the end of World War I, Poland did not stop after the restoration of the country, first, Poland took advantage of the weakest time of the Soviet Union to defeat the Soviet Red Army under the city of Warsaw. The signing of the Treaty of Riga, about 10,000 square kilometers were ceded to Poland, which was the Soviet Union's "hatred" of Poland; Second, according to the "Versailles Treaty", Germany was divided into two after World War I, and Britain and France also assigned the Danzig region to Poland in order to make Poland also have a coastline, and the "Danzig Corridor" was Germany's "hatred" for Poland; Third, because of the desire to establish the image of a great power, in a short period of time, Poland had six wars with Lithuania, Romania, the Czech Republic, Germany, and the Soviet Union, and the Polish army also reached 800,000 people. The wretched will have something to hate.

Since after World War I, Britain and France used Poland to divide Germany, and Poland was divided into many territories that originally belonged to Germany, and Poland, which had benefited from it, naturally formed an alliance with Britain and France. However, the biggest problem is that the alliance with Britain and France will definitely offend the Soviet Union and Germany, and in order to curry favor with Britain and France even more, they will also do something hostile to the Soviet Union and Germany. Poland believed that with the strong Britain and France, the Soviet Union and Germany did not dare to do anything to him, and pressed the fate of a country on the alliance like a gamble, which is a typical rhythm of "do not do or die".

Britain and France regarded the Soviet Union as their biggest enemy, and Nazi Germany also regarded the Soviet Union as an enemy, so both Britain and France hoped that Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union would fight first, so in the face of Nazi Germany's aggressive trend of gradually destroying the Versailles system, Britain and France chose to retreat and pursue a policy of appeasement.

On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland, and Britain and France were forced to declare war on Germany. But as allies of Poland, Britain and France sat quietly on the Western Front in the "strange war".

It took only 28 days for Germany to blitz Poland.

At 04:45 on September 1, 1939, the troops of the German and Slovak vassals invaded Poland. Britain and France gave Nazi Germany a 48-hour deadline to withdraw from Polish territory.

Because Germany did not heed the warnings of Britain and France, Britain and France declared war on Germany on September 3, 1939. The Germans and the Red Army met at the Bug River on 28 September, and the Germans had occupied Poland.

Germany blitzed Poland.

It took only 28 days. At 04:45 on September 1, 1939, the German army invaded Poland with the troops of Slovakia, a joint vassal state. Britain and France gave Nazi Germany.

48-hour deadline for withdrawal from Polish territory. Because Germany did not heed the warnings of Britain and France, Britain and France declared war on Germany on September 3, 1939. The Germans and the Red Army met at the Bug River on 28 September, and the Germans had occupied Porozhilan.

Polish war of aggression in general.

Blitzkrieg between the Netherlands and Germany:

In September 1939, Germany blitzed Poland and the European battlefield of World War II was dispersed, and the Netherlands smoothly expressed its position as a neutral country. At the beginning, the Netherlands was still very confident that they would uphold neutrality against German aggression.

For no other reason, the Dutch and Germany had a very good relationship, they were both Aryans, and the royal family had a very good relationship, all of which made the Dutch think that Germany would look at them differently, or at least not attack. The Dutch attitude of neutrality in Germany during World War I also led the Netherlands to believe that Germany should not attack them.

Who would have thought that all these calculations would be deflated in the face of reality. After the Germans had partitioned Poland, they began to turn their guns and point their attacks at France. However, there was a relatively big trouble in attacking France, that is, France spent a lot of money to build, and the Maginot Line, which was known as impregnable.

If Germany wanted to attack France, it would undoubtedly strike iron by attacking the Maginot Line directly, and the only way was to bypass the line and attack from the flank. So from the ** around? The answer is the Netherlands, Belgium.

During World War I, although the Netherlands was not a first-tier European power, it was second only to Austria-Hungary and on a par with Italy.

But during World War II, due to the impact of the Great Depression, the Netherlands suffered a serious economic crisis, and the economic crisis was transmitted to the military, which weakened the Dutch military. The strategic imperative made it necessary for Germany to attack the Netherlands, the strength of the Netherlands was weak, and the Kai potato also gave Germany full confidence.

Blitzkrieg, also known as blitzkrieg, is a tactic used by Nazi Germany in World War II, created by the famous German general Heinz Wilhelm Guderian. It makes full use of the advantages of aircraft, tanks, and mechanized troops to defeat the enemy by surprise attacks, and uses mechanized troops to quickly cut the enemy's main force to achieve the desired results.

The core elements of Blitz are: speed, surprise attack, and concentration. In military operations, these three elements are both strategic and tactical.

Strategically, it is coordinated, the overall situation is strong, and the song cover is tactically subtle and peculiar, flexible and changeable. Blitzkrieg makes full use of the speed advantage of aircraft, tanks, armored vehicles, and motorcycles, which are the tools of modern warfare, to carry out lightning-fast strikes against the enemy at a speed that exceeds the opponent's reaction. However, after the United States entered the war, the German army encountered the US air force with absolute air superiority, and under the attack of the US aircraft, the German ground combat vehicles became live targets, so the German army suffered heavy losses and could not use blitzkrieg.

In the early hours of September 1, 1939.

In the early morning of September 1, 1939, Germany suddenly dispatched 58 divisions, 2,800 tanks, 2,000 aircraft and 6,000 artillery pieces to launch a "lightning attack" on Poland. On September 3, Britain and France were forced to declare war on Germany, and World War II broke out.

Fascist Germany's war of aggression against Poland was an important component of Hitler's general war plan for world hegemony. Poland is strategically located in the eastern part of Europe, bordered by the Soviet Union to the east, Germany to the west, Czechoslovakia to the south, and the Baltic Sea to the north. Poland was the most militarily powerful country among the European allies of Britain and France at that time.

If Germany occupied Poland, it would not only gain a large amount of military and economic resources, but also greatly improve its strategic position; It was possible not only to eliminate the worries of attacking Britain and France, but also to establish bases for attacking the Soviet Union. Therefore, after the annexation of Austria and the Czech Republic, the next target of German aggression was set on Poland.

From October 1938 onwards, Germany made a series of territorial claims to Poland, demanding that Poland surrender the "Polish Corridor" and Danzig, and that the right to build roads and railways in the "Polish Corridor" also be transferred to Germany. These demands were sternly rejected by Poland, and Germany decided to force Poland to submit by force. The plan of the German war of aggression against Poland was codenamed the "White Plan", and its strategic intentions were:

Using the Rapid Corps and superior aviation, they carried out a surprise attack and annihilated Poland in one fell swoop. The Polish campaign was the first application of fascist Germany's "blitzkrieg" in a war.

On the night of August 31, 1939, a German SS unit dressed in Polish uniforms, posing as Polish troops, attacked the Grewitz radio station on the German border, insulting Germany in Polish on the radio and leaving behind several bodies of German prisoners in Polish uniforms. Then, all radio stations throughout Germany broadcast the news that "Germany had been attacked by Poland." At dawn on 1 September, Germany invaded Poland in a big way.

Poland had an alliance with Britain and France, and after the outbreak of the German-Polish War, on September 3, Britain and France** declared war on Germany and said that they would fulfill their promise to protect Poland's independence. But in fact, Britain and France declared no war and did not seriously aid Poland. The Polish authorities were unprepared for a surprise attack by the Germans and rushed into battle, as a result of which the defensive line quickly collapsed under the German offensive.

Poland** fled abroad on 16 September.

Despite the fact that Poland had fled, the Polish people fought to the death with the German army together with the Polish army. In the Battle of Warsaw, the soldiers and civilians of Warsaw persisted in fierce fighting for more than 20 days, and finally ran out of ammunition and food, and Warsaw fell. Poland pinned its security on Britain and France, and did not seriously prepare for anti-aggression, and as a result, it was betrayed by Britain and France at a critical moment and became a victim of the imperialist powers' struggle for hegemony.

World War II ended on September 2, 1945, and lasted six years, making it the largest war in human history.

On September 1, 1939, Germany raided Poland. On September 3, Britain and France declared war on Germany.

In September 1939, Germany lightning struck Poland.

The characteristics of Blitzkrieg: 1. Compress space in the shortest possible time. 2. Maximize impact with the fastest possible maneuver.

3. Transform spiritual power into the combat effectiveness of the army. 4. Make full use of the quick advantages of aircraft, tanks, and mechanized troops to defeat the enemy by surprise attack.

Blitzkrieg is a mode of war created by the famous German general Guderian. Blitzkrieg was a tactic often used by the German army during World War II, which made full use of the quick advantage of aircraft and tanks to defeat the enemy by surprise attack. Blitzkrieg has three important elements:

Fast, odd, concentrated. Blitzkrieg (also known as blitzkrieg) is a military doctrine that uses mobile forces to attack quickly and unexpectedly in order to avoid the enemy's organized and coherent defense. It was born out of the "fire and infiltration" tactics of the Prussian General Staff in the 19th century.

The Wehrmacht used this tactic on a large scale in World War II and was very effective against the invasions of Poland, France, and the Soviet Union. But lose advantage after that. Because blitzkrieg requires rapid resupply from the rear, special supply vehicles, new methods of communication and decentralized command must be developed.

Blitzkrieg"This term was first proposed by the Germans in Time magazine in the United States after the end of the French campaign.

Compress space in the shortest possible time.

Get the maximum impact with the fastest possible maneuver.

Convert psychic power into combat power for your army.

Blitzkrieg was a tactic used by Nazi Germany in World War II to take advantage of the swiftness of aircraft, tanks, and mechanized forces to defeat the enemy by surprise attack

Unexpected, decisive, and fast.

No warning, fast, small.

In World War II, the country that Germany should not attack because of its resources was the Soviet Union, because of the sneak attack on the Soviet Union under the framework of peace, so that the surrounding countries did not trust Germany and were full of vigilance, followed by the Soviet Union, which was actually a big hole, which made Germany fall into a deep position and could not extricate itself, and also brought opportunities for the Allies.

In my opinion, due to the highly developed railways and road networks in Germany and the lessons of the First World War, the Germans were inspired to pursue a new type of mobility, which was a very obvious strike advantage in European countries at that time based on the concept of infantry trench warfare.

But the idea of focusing on speed necessarily reduced the necessary firepower, defense. Guderian's assessment of the Tiger and Panther tanks was: a defeat in a blitzkrieg.

In a word, the devilish offensive efficiency is disproportionate to the logistical supply capacity. It is a true portrayal of the German blitzkrieg.

The reason for the blitzkrieg on Poland: After the defeat of Germany in World War I, it was forced to cede a large area of land, Danzig was transferred to Poland and turned into a free city, and the "Polish Corridor" to the Baltic Sea divided the originally contiguous German territory into two pieces, and East Prussia, east of the "corridor", became an enclave far from the German mainland.

As a result, the Germans were always resentful of the loss of Danzig and the "corridor" area. Hitler swore revenge upon coming to power, rearmament at breakneck speed, transforming Germany from a humiliated Versailles victim to Europe's largest military power in just a few years.

As a result of the well-known "policy of appeasement", the expansion of fascist Germany finally came to show its fangs, orchestrated by Hitler, and Germany officially kicked off the aggression, and Poland became the first victim.

In March 1939, Germany occupied Czechoslovakia. In order to eliminate Poland, the main ally of Britain and France in Central Europe, to relieve the worries of attacking Western Europe, to replenish military and economic resources, and to establish an advance base for attacking the Soviet Union, Poland became the primary target.

On March 21, 1939, Germany issued an ultimatum to Poland, demanding that Danzig (Gdansk) be ceded and that it should have the right to build roads and railways in the "Polish Corridor", but Poland refused.

On March 21, Britain and France formally formed a military alliance and gave Poland security guarantees on March 31, which strengthened Poland's confidence. On 3 April, the German High Command issued the Instruction on the Concerted Readiness of the Armed Forces for War.

Germany was a defeated country in World War I. In the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, Posen and West Prussia of the former German Empire were ceded to the newly established Second Polish Republic. This decision gave Poland access to the Baltic Sea, also known as the "Polish Corridor".

Geographically, the "Polish Corridor" separated East Prussia from Germany proper.

After Hitler annexed Austria and Czechoslovakia in 1938, Poland, located to the east of Germany, came into focus. Germany first resorted to diplomatic pressure, demanding the merger of the Free City of Danzig and the construction of an extraterritorial highway in the Polish Corridor to connect East Prussia with the German mainland.

However, Poland** rejected all German demands, and signed agreements with Great Britain and France, respectively, in which Britain and France promised to assist Poland in the event of an invasion.

After the territorial claims were rejected, Hitler was ready to settle the matter by force, and in April 1939 drew up the "Fall Weiss", a "blitzkrieg" plan for the invasion of Poland, in order to solve Poland in the shortest possible time and not give Britain and France time to react. and secretly reached an agreement with the Soviet Union to divide Poland and the Baltic states.

This is where the German blitzkrieg against Poland came from.