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The day before, Adolf Hitler gives the orders for the invasion of Poland. German Airborne invades Poland and claims that Poland wanted to attack Germany.
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Great Britain and France declare war on Germany because Adolf Hitler neglected their request for German abandonment from Poland. President Roosevelt affirmed American neutrality towards the war.
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The German ground force makes their way to the edge of Poland, in the capital which is Warsaw. The Germans are able to cover about 200 miles in just a week.
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Poland is attacked from the east near Vilnius and Bialystok. Poland decides to give up at the Bzura River north of Lodz and about 17,000 Polish prisoners are taken captive.
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Vilnius, a city in Poland falls to the Soviet army but while the Polish government tries to escape to Romania unfortunately they are held.
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The Soviet troops captured Bialystok and Lwow and they have no other choice but to give in because Hitler had successfully intimidated the western powers.
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Warsaw, the capital of Poland officially falls and surrenders to the superior mechanized forces of Hitler’s army. While the Poles were forced out of their homes, the Germans settled in the vacant areas.
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Germany and Russia then partitioned the attack on Poland, where Russia invaded from the east and Germany from the west. The United States does not want any take on this partition.
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The German-Soviet Boundary Friendship Treaty was signed by the German representative and the Soviet representative. During this time, Poland is divided into a western zone controlled by the Germans and an eastern zone controlled by the Soviets.
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The last valiant gap of the Polish which was about 4,500 soldiers under the command of Admiral Unruh was trying to resist but then finally fell to the Germans.
