1939 in Poland

German, Soviet, and Slovak attack on and takeover of Poland that marked the start of World War II

first battle in the invasion of Poland, the beginning of the Second World War

The Intelligenzaktion (), or the Intelligentsia mass shootings, was a series of mass murders committed against the Polish intelligentsia (teachers, priests, physicians, and other prominent members of Polish society) during the early years of the Second World War (1939–45) by Nazi Germany. The Germans conducted the operations in accordance with their plan to Germanize the western regions of occupied Poland, before their territorial annexation to the German Reich.

Bydgoszcz, 3 September 1939

event during Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland in September 1939

false flag operation by Nazi Germany to justify the invasion of Poland

history of Poland between 1939 and 1945

treaty

evacuation of Polish Navy ships in 1939

1939 German special forces operation against Poland prior to World War II

1939 battle

Polish resistance movement in World War II (1939–1940))

World War II event

military operation plan

demands by Germany

adolf Hitler Speech

1939 battle

Nazi torture centre in Lublin, Poland

World War II event

rigged referendum in Soviet-occupied Poland, 1939

diplomatic crisis between Poland and Nazi Germany in 1939, ending with the invasion and occupation of Poland

fortified district on the Hel peninsula in Poland

Polish man killed at the beginning of World War II

Nazi-German forced labor camp in occupied Poland