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Germany Invades Poland; WWII Begins
Germany Invaded Poland to regain the lost territory, and to rule all of poland, The German invasion of Poland was a primer on how Hitler intended to wage war–what would become the “blitzkrieg” strategy. -
US Congress passes first peacetime draft
On this day in 1940, Congress passed the first peacetime draft in U.S. history. The lawmakers acted soon after the German and Soviet invasion of Poland prompted Britain and France to declare war against Nazi Germany
