The Newsreel Europe goes to War 1939
- 8 years ago
On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany launched its first “Blitzkrieg” against Poland, the final straw as far as the Allies were concerned.
For four years, Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich had been defying international rules and agreements in its effort to reclaim victory from the German loss in World War I. On Sept. 3, Britain and France declared war on Germany.
In short order Italy would join the war on Germany’s side. And even though Hitler had signed a non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union’s Josef Stalin only days before the invasion of Poland, Russia would wind up on the side of the Allies after Hitler invaded his supposed “ally” in 1940s.
For four years, Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich had been defying international rules and agreements in its effort to reclaim victory from the German loss in World War I. On Sept. 3, Britain and France declared war on Germany.
In short order Italy would join the war on Germany’s side. And even though Hitler had signed a non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union’s Josef Stalin only days before the invasion of Poland, Russia would wind up on the side of the Allies after Hitler invaded his supposed “ally” in 1940s.