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After
creating a series of provocations, Germany attacked Poland on
September 1. The Wehrmacht, which enveloped the country from the
west, the north, and the south, outnumbered the Polish forces three
to one and had superior equipment. The invasion revealed the German
fighting method for the first time: the blitzkrieg, cooperation
among naval, air, and ground forces to concurrently attack and
surround the enemy extremely rapidly. In response to the invasion,
France and Great Britain declared war on Germany on September 3, but
took no military measures on Poland’s behalf. Warsaw succumbed on
September 28, and the last fighting took place in the first few days
of October.
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