HST 802 Lecture 4: Poland and the Phony War // Vichy and Battle of Britain
Document Summary
Poland, the phony war , and the fall of france. Hitler took a lot of land without making one shot. Britain and france said they"d defend poland if germans invaded. Poland was small at the time and germany was huge. Germany made up a reason to invade poland. Nazis beat up and killed germans on the polish border and said look what the. To make it look real , nazis brought franciszek honiok and dressed him in a. Polish uniform and shot him multiple times: he was a polish farmer with german roots, first victim of wwii. On the border, there was also a radio tower. Nazis dressed as polish soldiers, and attacked the tower and radioed anti-german messages. Hitler was able to address the german gov"t by addressing 31 fabricated attacks. Convinced them to start a defensive act against poland. Hitler took personal charge of armed forces in 1938. Roughly matched germany with size and technology.
