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was the start of World War II when Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union launched an attack on the Republic of Poland. -
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Britain and France, both allies of the overrun nation, declare war on Germany in response to Hitler's invasion of Poland. -
After Parliament debated the matter, Canada declared war on Germany -
Fall of France, was the German invasion of France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands -
the Germans begin the first in a long series of bombing raids against Great Britain