WORLD WAR II

WORLDWARInvasionofPolandMadebyRoPresentbyRo,刘锡赟AfterWorldWarI,defeatedGermanywasforcedtocedelargetractsofland.Danzig,whichbelongedtoGermany,wasdesignatedafreemarketandtransferredtoPoland.PolishCorridorleadingtotheBalticSeadividedGermanyintotwopieces.SotheGermanshadbeentakingthelossofDanzigandthecorridorareatoheart.BACKGROUNDWorldWarIIbrokeoutbecauseoftheimbalanceinpoliticalandeconomicdevelopment.And1929-1933,theeconomiccrisishitGermanseriously.Toovercomethecrisisanddistractpeople'sattention,GermanylaunchedtheSecondWorldWar.ROOTCAUSEPolandislocatedintheeasternpartofEurope,ontheeastofRussia,onthewestofGermany,onthesouthofCzechoslovakia.AnditsnorthernboundaryisneartheBalticSea.Becauseofitsspecialgeographicalposition,PolandbecomesthetransportationhubofEurope,whichownsastrategicimportance.PolandwasoneofthemostpowerfulmilitaryforcesamongtheEuropeanallies.IfGermanyoccupiedPoland,Germanynotonlyhadaccesstoalargenumberofmilitaryandeconomicresources,butalsogreatlyimproveditsstrategicposition:itnotonlycouldeliminatetheworriesoftheBritishandFrenchattack,butalsotoestablishabaseforattacksontheSovietUnion.IMMEDIATECAUSEIIWORLDWAROntheeveningofAugust31st,1939,atroopofWaffen-ssdressedinPolishuniformsattackedtheGermanborderGleiwitzradiostation,deliberatelyinsultingGermanyinGermanradiobroadcastinGerman.ThenalltheGermanradiostationreleased---Poland,asurpriseattackontheGermannews,whichisalsotheheadofstate’splans.DETONATIONCORDIIWORLDWARIIWORLDWARFranklinD.RooseveltIIWORLDWARAdolfHitlerNaziSovietSlovakia•Total:•1,500,000Germans•466,516Soviets•51,306Slovaks•GrandTotal:2,000,000+Poland•39divisions(someofthemwereneverfullymobilizedandconcentrated),16brigades,4,300guns,880tanks,400aircraftTotal:950,000StrengthPhase1:GermanInvasionMapshowingtheadvancemadebytheGermans,andthearrangementofalltroopson14September.IIWORLDWARFollowingseveralGerman-stagedincidentswhichGermanpropagandausedasanexcusetoclaimthatGermanforceswereactingin,thefirstregularactofwartookplaceon1September1939,at04:40,whentheGermanAirForceattackedthePolishtownofWieluń,destroying75%ofthecityandkillingcloseto1,200people,mostofthemcivilians.Phase1:GermanInvasionThisinvasionsubsequentlybegantheSecondWorldWar.MP40Type:SubmachinegunPlaceoforigin:NaziGermanyOldGermanbattleshipopenedfireonthePolishmilitarytransitdepotatWesterplatteintheFreeCityofDanzigontheBalticSeaAt08:00,Germantroops,stillwithoutaformaldeclarationofwarissued,attackednearthePolishtownofMokra.TheBattleoftheBorderhadbegun.Allthreeforces(includingPrussia,Slovak,German)assaultsthePolishcapitalofWarsaw.SovietforcesattackedPolandon17September.ItwasagreedthattheUSSR(UnionofSovietSocialistRepublics)wouldgiveupitsinterestinthelandsbetweenthenewborderandWarsawinexchangeforinclusionofLithuaniaintheSovietzoneofinterest.Phase2:SovietInvasionIIWORLDWARIntheblitzonPoland,Germanylost10,600peopleand33,000peoplewerewoundedwhilePolandlost200,000peopleandmorethan400,000peoplewerecaptured.PolandwasdividedupbyGermany,SovietUnion,SlovakiaandLithuania.GermanyregainedDanzigandPolishCorridor.GeneralgovernmentwasfoundedinthesouthernPoland.RESULTMyth:ThePolishArmyfoughtGermantankswithhorse-mountedcavalrywieldinglancesandswords.Myth:Blitzkrieg(闪电战）wasfirstusedinPoland.Myth:Polandofferedlittleresistanceandsurrenderedquickly.(InFact,PolandcosttheGermansapproximatelytheequipmentofanentirearmoreddivisionand25%ofitsairstrength)NaziSpreadingRumorsNaziSovietSlovakia•Germany:•16,343killed,•3,500missing,•30,300wounded•Slovakia:•37killed,•11missing,•114wounded•USSR:•1,475killedormissing,•2,383woundedPoland•Poland66,000dead,133,700wounded,694,000capturedCasualtiesandlossesIIWORLDWARMonumenttotheSeptemberVeteransof1939insouthernPoland.