2. In 1939 Hitler announced that he would rearm Germany. He also took Germany out of the League of Nations. Hitler’s actions were a direct violation of the Treaty of Versailles

4. Great Britain stepped up its rearmament program and also drafted a law to draft men into the military. France and Great Britain agreed to protect Poland should Germany invade. Also the two countries began talks with the Soviet Union for a three-way alliance.

6. While Stalin was negotiating with Great Britain and France he was also having secret talks with Germany. In August 1939 Hitler announced an alliance with the Soviet Union. Hitler earlier signed the anti-comintern pact with Japan and the Soviet Union was a communist country.

7. What were the terms of this pact?

8. The agreement publicly stated that Germany and the Soviet Union would never attack each and that each would remain neutral if the other went to war.

10. Germany took over the city and invaded Poland with a massive air and land attack. Using total war the Germans quickly took the country. Two day later Great Britain and France kept their agreement and declared war on Germany. WWII had begun.