09-01-2014, 12:36 PM
Many Americans date the start of WW2 to Dec 7, 1941. Others at least recognize that Britain and France were in the fight earlier. But Poland was the first to feel the blitzkreig attack of the facist state on its western border.
Nazi Germany invaded Poland on 1 September 1939, shelling a Polish garrison at Gdansk. Britain and France declared war on Germany two days later.
The rest is history.
Nazi Germany invaded Poland on 1 September 1939, shelling a Polish garrison at Gdansk. Britain and France declared war on Germany two days later.
The rest is history.