Invasion of Poland

1939-09-01 - 1939-10-06

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Invasion of Poland

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People

Semyon Timoshenko

Joseph Stalin

Ordered Soviet Invasion

Hermann Göring

Commander, Luftwaffe

Neville Chamberlain

Declared war, British Prime Minister

Adolf Hitler

Ordered German invasion

Also participating

Erich von Manstein

Gerd von Rundstedt