-EVENT-
Date
- 1st Sep 1939
- Expired!
Time
- ...
85 Years ago
Began the second World War.
Germany invaded Poland and started World War 2. After roughly 1.5 million German soldiers, more than 2,000 airplanes and more than 2,500 tanks crossed the Polish border on Sept. 1, 1939, the British gave Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler an ultimatum: pull out of Poland, or else. Hitler ignored the demand, and two days later, on Sept. 3, 1939, Britain and France declared war.