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Poles walk among the ruins of besieged Warsaw. [LCID: 47270]

Invasion of Poland, Fall 1939

German troops invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, triggering World War II. In response to German aggression, Great Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany.