1. This time it’s personal…
WWII
This time it’s personal…

2. Hitler breaks his promise
Hitler takes the rest of Czechoslovakia a year after the Munich Conference
Hitler now wants Poland. Britain and France state that any attack on Poland will lead to war.

3. War is unavoidable
Hitler knows if he attacks Poland he will have to fight Britain and France. He DOES NOT want the Soviets to join on their side.
Hitler decides to make an agreement with the USSR to avoid a two-front war (at least for now).

4. The Nazi/Soviet Pact
Stalin allows Hitler to attack Western Poland for lands lost during WWI and Eastern Poland.
The pact is signed on August 23rd, 1939
Poland is now defenseless against both Germany and USSR.

5. WWII officially begins
Hitler invades Poland
Blitzkrieg-lightning war. Full display of German military might. Polish have outdated weapons and cavalry forces to defend themselves.
Britain and France declare war on Germany