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**__Read the information below to find out what COULD have happened in the Invasion of Poland__**
__Planning the Invasion__

Poland had worried in the 1930’s that the Soviet Union wanted the land that was taken after World War One in the Treaty of Versailles. The Polish military decided on a plan called //Plan Wschód// (Plan East). They planned to have the military protect the western side of invasion, leaving the eastern side wide open for German attack. The platoons would be positioned in front of the cities of BARANOVIVHI, PINSK, ROVNO, and TARNOPOL. These cities were placed perfectly for the defense of the eastern border. GENERAL RYDZ-SMIGLY’s idea was that he had to hold the Soviets out of Poland for as long as possible until France and Britain declare war on them (Zaloga).

The plan failed tremendously. The idea that the Soviets were invading was correct, but the German’s invaded on September 1, 1939 (Zaloga). The Germans swept through Danzig, and moved their armies towards Warsaw on September 2. The use of blitzkrieg increased as the air force attacked cities and innocent people. The polish army was not quick enough to switch from the eastern front to the western front. At the end of September 5, 1939, GENERAL WIKTOR THOMMEE surrendered his troops to the German Army.

__ German Invasion of Europe and Africa __ After a victory in Poland, Germany betrayed the USSR by going against their Non-Agression Pact, which they both had signed prior to World War Two agreeing to not attack one another. Hitler invaded the Soviet border on September 20, 1939. Germany decides to attack Stalingrad first due to the fact that the city is based on major industrial centers, in which they would capture Soviet oil fields in the Caucasus Mountains. Hitler knew that if he was to win the war, he would need resources, which Stalingrad did. Germany was successfully able to defeat Stalingrad, due to all the troops that were left after their easy victory in Poland. Germany, still strong after the Battle at Stalingrad, decided to take over all of Russia. He wanted to defeat Communism and spread Nazism. It took the Germans from 1939- 19342 to reach all the way to the Pacific Ocean.

During the attack on the eastern side of the Soviet Union, Germany also advances on France, where they were surprised and not ready for war. Germany invaded France through the Belgium Forest, completely avoiding the Maginot Line (McDonald). The German forces spread across France and took over the country by the winter of 1939. This left Hitler with Great Britain left. Britain went to the United States for help, but the idea of oppression made FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT decline the aid to Great Britain. They were left to fend for themselves against the powerhouse of the world, Germany. Since the United States did not get involved with Japan, the atomic bomb was not produced by Americans, but by Germans. Albert Einstein helped develop the atomic bomb for Hitler and he used it as a threat to Great Britain. Britain did not believe that the Germans had created something of mass destruction, and Hitler decided to drop two bombs on Britain: One in London, the other one in York.

On the morning of July 4, Hitler commanded that the London atomic bomb be dropped. Nearly 2.5 million people died from the actual impact or of radioactivity. Britain then pleaded to Germany that they will not fight, and the bomb that was designed to be dropped in York was never dropped.

__Today in 2012__ Today, the world is split up into three sections: the United States contains the Americans; Germany has all of Europe, Africa, and the Middle East; Japan controls Asia and the pacific islands. Although each nation has the continents, many civilians are starting to cause problems like riots and blockades.

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