German Invasion of Poland in WWII

Our work aims to report about how the Germans invaded Poland . We are going to outline the course of the invasion , who the primary actors were , and what the outcome was

At first we should say that World War II actually began from the attack to Poland

On 31 March 1939 Adolf Hitler announced , to a crowded House of Commons an unconditional guarantee of Poland 's bs . It was a counter-challenge . But it was a counter-challenge that forced Britain to defend one of the most widely criticised territorial changes imposed upon

Germany by the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 and ended any prospect of Poland considering territorial concessions to avoid war . Armed with the British guarantee , Poland steadfastly refused to countenance German demands for improved road and rail links to Danzig . Hitler responded to their intransigence with the words 'I 'll cook them a stew they 'll choke on ' 2 On 3 April he issued s to the Wehrmacht , codenamed 'Case White , to prepare for the invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939

The German High Command 's (OKH ) operational s for the attack on Poland , codenamed 'Plan White , were finalized on 15 June 1939 . Although Hitler was confident that Britain and France posed no serious threat mistakenly believing that their attitude had not changed since Munich and that they would continue to prevaricate and appease , the Wehrmacht was less optimistic . For this reason the plan called for a swift campaign so that troops could be withdrawn to make up for the deficiencies of the 'West Wall , a defensive system which had not yet been completed and which was only lightly manned . A rapid campaign would also make it possible to crush the Polish army before it had time to complete its mobilization and before it could be fully deployed to the west of the Vistula and the Narew

The plan called for a two-pronged attack centred on Warsaw : Army Group North swooping down from Pomerania and East Prussia , and Army Group South advancing from Silesia and Galicia . Only a handful of troops were ed to take Danzig . The major problem for the planners was that Army Group North had both to secure the Polish Corridor and to advance towards Warsaw . Forces had also to be ready to encircle Polish units able to escape this massive pincer movement by moving to the east of the capital . For this purpose , tanks were ideal

To give the political leadership maximum freedom of action , mobilization had to be swift and secret and thus could not include industry and the civilian population . Hitler ed a 'mobilization without a public announcement ' to take effect on 28 August , by which time the army had been increased by three million men . A series of manoeuvres and exercises was carried out from the end of June , designed to set the stage for an attack on Poland without arousing undue suspicion . The mobilization and deployment of troops was carried out with exceptional skill and in the minutest detail , and...