Hitler's Invasion Of Poland In World War II

Though there were many contributing factors to the start of World War II, Germany invading Poland was the most significant. Adolf Hitler’s demanding, rigorous expectations of the Nazis made them extremely powerful and threatening. Thus, Germany was very confident during this attack with their new force, blitzkrieg, and their previous experiences of invading Austria and Czechoslovakia. Germany’s desire to expand the state after being banned from armed forces in the 1928 Kellogg- Briand Pact caused Hitler to begin invading, which gave him the hope of being able to keep attacking. As a result of Hitler’s attack on Poland, World War II arose, and lasted until 1945. Why did Hitler believe that invading Poland would be so easy? To begin, in March of 1938, Hitler planned the Anschluss, the union of Austria and Germany, which violated the Versailles treaty. Most Austrians were in favor of annexation, and the ones who weren’t were immediately killed. Hitler’s harsh control was established here, and made other countries aware of his extreme authority. Since the Western democracies did not take any action or try to stop how Hitler was treating their people, Hitler had no problem invading Austria. Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister of
Blitzkrieg, or “lightning war” was the combination of troops, artillery tanks and airpower technology to completely bombard the enemy. This fast and effective force overcame trench warfare, and Hitler planned to use it until his armies were faced with an equally strong force. In Hitler’s favor, Poland had no defensive strategy, and based it all off of their experiences in the previous World War I. The best defense “weapon” the Poles had were horses, which still provided little to no chance of endurance against Germany’s