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German invasion of Poland
On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. To justify the action, Nazi propagandists falsely claimed that Poland had been planning, with its allies Great Britain and France, to encircle and dismember Germany and that Poles were persecuting ethnic Germans. The SS, in collusion with the German military, staged a phony Polish attack on a German radio station. Hitler then used this action to launch a “retaliatory” campaign against Poland. -
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Battle of Britain
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Blitzkrieg (Lightning War)
Blitzkrieg is a military tactic designed to create disorganization among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower. In the first phase of World War II in Europe, Germany's strategy was to defeat its opponents in a series of short campaigns. German relied on the tactic for more than two years and overran much of Europe.Germany successfully used the tactic against Poland, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Yugoslavia and Greece.