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On September 1, 1939 Hitler, after the denials of Poland to the return of Danzig's city, begins the invasion of the Polish State. This final act in the Hitler's expansionist politics, lead to the disappearance of Poland and the beginning of the Second World War.

On September 3, France and Great Britain were declaring the war to Germany as response to the invasion of Poland. Nevertheless, Poland would be defeated in less than one month and without British or Frenchmen intervene directly. Hitler avoided intervention of the USSR in the war, agreed on the division of Poland with this in the agreement named Molotov-Ribentrop. To the conquest of Poland there happened the winter period of tense calmness with scarcely hostilities.

On April 9, 1940, Germany tackles the invasion of Denmark and Norway the rear to insure the not intervention of these countries next to France and Great Britain. On May 10, the German army invades and winds the Netherlands and Belgium, defeating the armies English and French. On June 22, France signs the armistice with Germany. Before, on May 26, the English begin to evacuate his troops towards the islands from the beaches of Dunkirk, operation that lasted until June 4 and in that there would be evacuated 234.000 British and 111.000 Frenchmen.

In September 1940, Italy, which had entered war little before the French armistice, attacks Egypt from Libya; nevertheless, the English men managed to push them back for the end of year and to tackle the counter-offensive. Hitler gave the orders to an expeditionary body, " Africa Corps " supervised by the general Rommel who would manage to stop the English men and to take the offensive up to the doors of Alexandria, where he would be stopped in l'Alamein's battle by his antagonist, the English Montgomery.

In the spring of 1941, Hitler already was ready to initiate the assault to his " natural enemy " Russia. Nevertheless, the unsuccessful assault of Italy to Greece, forced to Germany to intervene the rear to insure itself. On April 6, 1941 and with help of Hungarians and Rumanians, the offensive is thrown against Yugoslavia and Greece; the first one was coming to terms on April 17 and the second one 23 of the same month. On May 20 Crete would be conquered.

On June 22, 1941, the Wehrmacht initiates the offensive in a front of 3.200 km that goes from the Baltic Sea up to the Black Sea, "Operation Barbarroja ". 220 divisions, 3.200 planes and 10.000 cars of combat, in whole 3 million men distributed in three armies threw against the Soviet territory.

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The offensive was fulminant, so much that in September were on the doors of Leningrad and were taking Kiev; in December they were to 30 km of Moscow. But, the hard winter and the exhausting stopped the German offensive. The Russian army ordered by Zhukov, threw a counter-offensive that removed the Germans to 100 km of Moscow. The following Russian offensive was diluted to the being thrown in all the fronts simultaneously, which allowed the Germans to reorganize and to repel the assault.

In the spring of 1942, the German offensive is resumed. This time the aim is clear, once insured Ukraine; it was necessary to conquer the petroliferous fields of the Caucasus. The offensive was OK; the Russian armies were continuing being wound like in the previous year. Stalin was despairing being afraid of a general break in the front that was not possible to remedy. On August 23, the Wehrmacht



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			The aim of this web is neither revisionist nor partisan. The author despises any apology of the violence or of the war, as well as of any ideology that can lead to a situation like described in this web. Finished the war, the USSR added up near twenty million dead, 10% of his population. The history must be remembered and to try not to repeat the same mistakes.
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		On September 1, 1939 Hitler, after the denials of Poland to the return of Danzig's city, begins the invasion of the Polish State. This final act in the Hitler's expansionist politics, lead to the disappearance of Poland and the beginning of the Second World War. On September 3, France and Great Britain were declaring the war to Germany as response to the invasion of Poland. Nevertheless, Poland would be defeated in less than one month and without British or Frenchmen intervene directly. Hitler avoided intervention of the USSR in the war, agreed on the division of Poland with this in the agreement named Molotov-Ribentrop. To the conquest of Poland there happened the winter period of tense calmness with scarcely hostilities. On April 9, 1940, Germany tackles the invasion of Denmark and Norway the rear to insure the not intervention of these countries next to France and Great Britain. On May 10, the German army invades and winds the Netherlands and Belgium, defeating the armies English and French. On June 22, France signs the armistice with Germany. Before, on May 26, the English begin to evacuate his troops towards the islands from the beaches of Dunkirk, operation that lasted until June 4 and in that there would be evacuated 234.000 British and 111.000 Frenchmen. In September 1940, Italy, which had entered war little before the French armistice, attacks Egypt from Libya; nevertheless, the English men managed to push them back for the end of year and to tackle the counter-offensive. Hitler gave the orders to an expeditionary body, " Africa Corps " supervised by the general Rommel who would manage to stop the English men and to take the offensive up to the doors of Alexandria, where he would be stopped in l'Alamein's battle by his antagonist, the English Montgomery. In the spring of 1941, Hitler already was ready to initiate the assault to his " natural enemy " Russia. Nevertheless, the unsuccessful assault of Italy to Greece, forced to Germany to intervene the rear to insure itself. On April 6, 1941 and with help of Hungarians and Rumanians, the offensive is thrown against Yugoslavia and Greece; the first one was coming to terms on April 17 and the second one 23 of the same month. On May 20 Crete would be conquered. On June 22, 1941, the Wehrmacht initiates the offensive in a front of 3.200 km that goes from the Baltic Sea up to the Black Sea, "Operation Barbarroja ". 220 divisions, 3.200 planes and 10.000 cars of combat, in whole 3 million men distributed in three armies threw against the Soviet territory. The offensive was fulminant, so much that in September were on the doors of Leningrad and were taking Kiev; in December they were to 30 km of Moscow. But, the hard winter and the exhausting stopped the German offensive. The Russian army ordered by Zhukov, threw a counter-offensive that removed the Germans to 100 km of Moscow. The following Russian offensive was diluted to the being thrown in all the fronts simultaneously, which allowed the Germans to reorganize and to repel the assault. In the spring of 1942, the German offensive is resumed. This time the aim is clear, once insured Ukraine; it was necessary to conquer the petroliferous fields of the Caucasus. The offensive was OK; the Russian armies were continuing being wound like in the previous year. Stalin was despairing being afraid of a general break in the front that was not possible to remedy. On August 23, the Wehrmacht

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