Introduction
Under the leadership of Adolf Hitler (18889-1945), the National Socialist German Workers Party, or Nazi Party, grew into a mass movement and ruled Germany through totalitarianism, from 1933-1945. It was founded in 1919 as the German workers party, the party promoted German Pride and Anti-Semitism (Source 6). Adolf Hitler was one of the most powerful and infamous dictators of the 20th century. After World War 1 Hitler rose to power I the Nazi Party, and later taking control of the German government in 1933. One …show more content…
On 1st September 1939, Hitler invaded Poland from the west and the Soviets invaded Poland from the east. This was 1 week after the Molotov –Ribbentrop pact. This pact was an official Treaty of non-aggression between /Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Hitler used this to his advantage where it would make it easier for him to gain control over Poland faster which will later benefit him when he wants to invade Russia (Source 7). This was a secret pact between Russia and Germany in which Hitler will later use to accelerate his invasion and conquering in Poland. He will use in a way in which the Germans will be attacking, using blitzkrieg, on the west and the soviets will be attacking the east of Poland
‘The significance of the Molotov-Ribentropp pact for the history of the twentieth century could hardly be greater. His alliance with Stalin allowed Hitler to fight war of aggression against Poland with soviet help, and thereby stands at the beginning of all of the succeeding strategies of the war, in Poland and elsewhere.’ --Timothy …show more content…
Did blitzkrieg only work because the polish were unprepared, the answer is no. blitzkrieg was just a very modern war method, combined with the Wehrmacht, made this extremely efficient to all their successes during World War 2. Although the polis did put up a fight they were out matched against the numbers of the German army. The poles had 600 tanks to defend against a staggering 3,200 German tanks. The poles had no chance from the beginning of German invasion. The polish were unprepared for such an aggressive invasion of their country on 1st September 1939. The Germans had been rebuilding their army ad increasing their numbers since Hitler came into power in 1933. Whilst the polish did not have any information on this, how could they have been prepared? There are many factors as to why Blitzkrieg was so effective, but to highlight the most important, is that it was a far more superior military method than what the polish had. In the battle of Bzura the poles were sending cavalry to fight tanks, this means that the polish were not only unprepared but they were behind in the world of Military