![]() Read more about the 1939 invasion of Poland.Poland was divided up between Hitler and Stalin. Organised Polish resistance ceased after another week’s fighting. Two weeks later, Stalin invaded eastern Poland, and on 27 September Warsaw surrendered. Britain and France declared war on Germany on 3 September 1939, but gave no real assistance to Poland. The Poles fought bravely, but they were heavily outnumbered in both men and machines, and especially in the air. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Second World War began at dawn on Friday 1 September 1939, when Adolf Hitler launched his invasion of Poland. 2 The German invasion of Poland, 1 September 1939 ![]()
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