Poland's allies, France and Great Britain, saw through Hitler's ploy. Two days after the invasion, they declared war on Germany. However military aid for Poland failed to materialize — due to ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland after signing the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact with the Soviet Union. The invasion by Germany and later ...

Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski will travel to Berlin on Wednesday to meet his German counterpart Johann Wadephul ...

Germany reacted incredulously to Russia defending its decision to invade Poland at the outset of World War II and claiming it only wanted to protect the local Ukrainian and Belarusian populations.

World War Two began with Germany's invasion of Poland in 1939. Adolf Hitler used a propaganda lie as a pretext to strike. It was a historical turning point that still has relevance for today.