How Did Hilter Attack Poland

September 1st, 1939, Germany invades Poland. Adolf Hilter gave the order to attack Poland by air and land. The air attacks included bombing Polish airfields and at sea the Germans used U-boats and warships to attack the naval forces in Poland. The land attacks had many armed forces coming into Poland and destroying the rest. “I have issued the command and I'll have anybody who utters but one word of criticism executed by firing squad–that our war aim does not consist in reaching certain lines, but in the physical destruction of the enemy. Accordingly, I have placed my death-head formations in readiness—for the present only in the East— with orders to send to death mercilessly and without compassion, men, women, and children of Polish derivation and language. Only thus shall we gain the living space that we need.” Hilter stated this quote the night before the invasion. The invasion became known as part of Hitler's “blitzkrieg” strategy to take over land and expanded Germany rule. Once the Germans invaded Poland, Hilter set up concentration camps based on religion, race, and politics. When Britain and France heard this news of the invasion in Poland, they declared war on September 4th, 1939 because Hilter broke the Munich
Japanese fighter planes attacked Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The attack lasted two hours destroying several naval vessels. This included eight battleships and 200 airplanes destroyed. This attack killed 2,000 American sailors, soldiers and wounded 1,000 more people. This was a quote from Donald Stratton one of the survivors of the Pearl Harbor attack. "We were just firing away at all those planes," he recalls. "They were coming in so close I could see the pilots when they went by. Some were waving and some were grinning." The day after this tragic event President Kennedy asked Congress to declare on Japan; the declaration was passed. On December 8th, 1941 the United States entered World War