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German forces bombard Poland on land and from the air. Adolf Hitler wanted to regain lost territory and gain rule Poland. Poland had 1 million soldiers. Polish forces were very under-equipped and tried to take the Germans head-on in a forward concentration, rather than falling back to more normal defensive positions. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-invades-poland
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