On this day, September 1, 1939, germany invaded poland, starting the biggest conflict in world history.

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by Cool-Psychology-4896

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  5. 16 days later soviet union invaded Poland from the east.

  6. Also Slovakia and 17 days later the Soviet Union attacked too

  8. Let us not forget the Molotov-Ribbentrop pack – The USSR also invaded days later.

  9. Its a shame they did that, made all of Europe subservient to America and Russia and destroyed countless cities.

    If Hitler loved Germany so much he should have became a builder, not a destroyer

  11. It is not only Germany fault,USSR is equal to blame.The war already started in Asia well before Europe.
    The agreements made after the First World War,open the stage for the Second World War

  12. 13 soldiers in this photo. I wonder how many where still alive five years later.

  17. Didn’t they use some pretext? Like you know who did with 10/7?

  18. As Polish people (Millenials/GenZ in particular) let’s use this day to appreciate the fact we were born at the time we were and not any moment earlier, because holy shit the last few centuries were not kind to Poland

  20. Yes, it was terrible .
    It would have been much more logical if the Germans and the Poles had attacked the USSR together, judging by the responses to this post.
    But as Churchill said later:

    “If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons”

  21. When at the next day the end of the biggest conflict in the world history 

  22. As a german, I cannot change the past of my country, but I want to apologize to my polish brothers and sisters for what my people have done to you. However, we are the people now. We can create the future now. Let’s make it a better future, together.

  23. Three countries actually invaded Poland: Germany, Slovakia, and the USSR.

  27. Do not forget that it happened after the Anschluss of Austria and the sacrifice of Czechoslovakia at Munich.

    I see many similarities with what Putin does and how world responds to that.

  29. Biggest yet… sadly, looks looks like history repeating

  30. This is a Eurocentric view. For many regions, World War II started at a different time. A more global view would be that it started in 1937, when the Japanese Empire invaded China.

  31. By sheer coincidence I am going to the Westerplatte monument near Gdansk tomorrow, where the first attack happened.

  32. Obligatory reminder that without ussr cooperation, we may not have had WWII as we know it.

    The very rearmament of Germany which was underlying cause of yet another war so soon after The Great War is a massive soviet russian undertaking which they were quite open about:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remilitarization_of_the_Rhineland#Foreign_policy

    > The foreign policy goal of the Soviet Union was set forth by Joseph Stalin in a speech on 19 January 1925 that if another world war broke out between the capitalist states, “We will enter the fray at the end, throwing our critical weight onto the scale, a weight that should prove to be decisive”.[14] **To promote that goal, the global triumph of communism, the Soviet Union tended to support German efforts to challenge the Versailles system by assisting the secret rearmament of Germany**, a policy that caused much tension with France.

    The amount of support was extensive.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kama_tank_school

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomka_gas_test_site

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipetsk_fighter-pilot_school

    Then after Hitler got to power, despite all the pretense how soviet russians were supposed to be oh so much anti fascist, they’ve earnestly supported them once again and openly celebrated the alliance, provided massive amount of resources which were needed for invasion after Poland: Norway, Benelux, France etc and even Soviet Union itself, cooperating their secret police forces and lending Naval War Base:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov%E2%80%93Ribbentrop_Pact#Secret_protocol

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basis_Nord

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestapo%E2%80%93NKVD_conferences

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%E2%80%93Soviet_military_parade_in_Brest-Litovsk

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%E2%80%93Soviet_Credit_Agreement_(1939)#Late_1930s_economic_needs

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%E2%80%93Soviet_Commercial_Agreement_(1940)

    Note, these acts are obviously nothing like the supposed “non aggression treaty” – you don’t lend a naval war base, jointly invade half of Europe, nor setup up your secret police forces for joint suppression of conquered territories. That’s obviously an alliance.

    The most damning though, is massive support with materials delivered. When Allies were blockading sea trade, soviets were supplying nazis to keep their genocidal war running. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/GermanImports_USSRPerCent.jpg

  33. I know it’s kind of ridiculous for me to do that, being a random guy on the internet that wasn’t alive in 1939 or the 44 years after that, but as a German I still want to apologize to my Polish neighbors and my fellow Europeans for the atrocities that my country unleashed upon the continent during the last century.

    I hope that we can continue to work on our relationship in a positive manner and grow closer as people, and that we will never repeat the sins of the past.

  34. A sobering anniversary. It’s staggering how much of the modern world was shaped by that single act of aggression. The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and the Soviet invasion 16 days later often gets sidelined but they’re crucial pieces of the puzzle. Poland was carved up before most of the world even knew what was coming. Remembering this isn’t just about history it’s aboutr recognising how propaganda, appeasement and unchecked ambition can spiral into catastrophe.

  35. And now it’s CEOs steal hats

    The effects of WW2 are omnipresent

  36. It is not even 100 years and we are in same course of war

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