HIST 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Potsdam Declaration, Plutonium, Chester W. Nimitz
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On september 1, 1939, german armies invaded poland. Britain and france declared war on september 3. Using blitzkrieg, waves of german bombers hit railroads making polish mobilization difficult. Within four days, german armies broke through the polish fronts sending armored units toward warsaw and brest. By september 20, nearly all of poland was in german or soviet hands. France responded with a defensive strategy based on the maginot line. On june 5, 1840 germany launched its assault on france; On june 17, marshal henri philippe p tain, who became premier the 16th, asked for an armistice, which was signed june 25. The armistice gave germany control of northern france and the atlantic coast while p tain set up a capital at vichy in the southeast. Hitler dominated europe during the summer and only britain remained an active enemy, now under winston churchill.
