The Third Reich launched World War II with its invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939. In agreement with the USSR, the Germans invaded almost the entire length of the international border and attacked numerous points in Poland. According to Home Army telegrams, the first attack occurred in Upper Silesia at 3:14 a.m., but years after the war, several locations have become remembered as symbolic starting points for the global conflict.
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The Third Reich launched World War II with its invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939. In agreement with the USSR, the Germans invaded almost the entire length of the international border and attacked numerous points in Poland. According to Home Army telegrams, the first attack occurred in Upper Silesia at 3:14 a.m., but years after the war, several locations have become remembered as symbolic starting points for the global conflict.