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5. The Polish Crisis and the outbreak of war

1st September, 1939, Hitler invaded Poland. The Soviet Union, as agreed by the Nazi Soviet Pact invaded Poland from the East.Hitler did not believe that Britain and France would intervene. However, Chamberlain had already committed Britain to supporting Poland. The policy of appeasement was now at an end.Preparation for WarAs you have read on the previous page, Hitler’s takeover of the rest of Czechoslovakia in March...

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