78 Years Ago Nazi Germany Invaded Poland and Started World War II, These Are The Pictures From That Operation

 Damian Lucjan

 

German troops removing a gate at a border checkpoint, Zoppot-Gdingen (Sopot-Gdynia) Street in Danzig (Gdańsk), 1st September 1939 (Wikipedia)

 

On the 1st of September, 77 years ago, the horror World War II was unleashed upon the world when the German Army invaded Poland. The Invasion of Poland, also known as a September Campaign in Poland or Fall Weiss (Case White) in Germany,  was a joint attack by Nazi Germany, the Free City of Danzig, the Soviet Union, and a small Slovak contingent.