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1. At dawn on September 1st, 1939 the German army launched a ferocious assault across the Polish border. German forces invaded Poland from the north, south, and west. As the Germans advanced, Polish forces withdrew from their forward bases of operation close to the Polish-German border to more established lines of defense to the east. After the mid-September Polish defeat in the Battle of the Bzura, the Germans gained an undisputed advantage. Polish forces then withdrew to the southeast where they prepared for a long defense of the Romanian Bridgehead and awaited expected support and relief from France and the United Kingdom. The two countries had pacts with Poland and had declared war on Germany on 3 September, though in the end their aid to Poland in the September campaign was very limited. 2. The invasion of Poland was what started World War 2. It surprised me to learn that Hitler was the cause of the entire second war. The Polish army fought hard, but in the end the much larger German army was victorious. They fought the Polish until they had no choice but to surrender. After their surrender, Nazi Germany occupied the remainder of Poland when it invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941. Poland remained under German occupation until January 1945. 3. After the war those arrested were deported to Siberia, central Asia, and other locations in the interior of the Soviet Union. About 40,000 Jewish refugees continued their flight from Poland, fearing arrest and persecution in either German or Soviet occupied territory. More than half of those who fled Poland went to Romania and Hungary. 15,000 people went to Lithuania. 4. The most interesting aspect of my research was the fact that Poland fought so hard against Germany before being forced to surrender. They did well when defending their land with the help of France and the United Kingdom. Although they lost many people, they also took the lives of many Nazis. 5. The most important thing that I learned from this was how important it is to have help from other countries during the war. Poland would have done much worse if it weren't for the help from France and the United Kingdom. Many countries joined forces and without pacts like this, the war would have gone on for longer and been a lot harsher. 6. The German army launched an assault across the Polish border in an attempt to take the country over. They were ultimately victorious in their battles due to the fact that they had many more soldiers and advanced tactics. It was a long war with many battles, the Polish army couldn't withstand the brutal attacks and in the end they surrendered. The events that took place in this war started the massive second World War. Germany was one of the most powerful and merciless opponents in the war and played a role in many of the battles. This war introduced Hitler and all the Nazis in Germany.