| For almost six years from 1939 to Britain fought the toughest war it had ever experienced. World War II was total war - every person, every business, every service was involved. Fifty million people lost their lives and hundreds of millions people were injured. How did the Second World War start? After World War One ended in 1918, Germany had to give up land and was banned from having armed forces. In 1933 the German people voted for a leader named , who led a political party in Germany called the National Socialists or Nazis. Hitler promised to make his country great again and quickly began to arm Germany again and to seize land from other countries. Shortly before 5am on Friday 1st September, 1939, German forces stormed the Polish frontier. Tanks and motorised troops raced into the country over ground, supported by Stuka dive bombers overhead. A total of 1.25 million Germans soldiers swept into Poland When did World War Two begin? World War Two in Europe began on 3rd September 1939, when the Prime Minister of Britain, , declared war on Germany. It involved many of the world's countries. (now the full speech) Why did the Second World War start? The Second World War was started by Germany in an unprovoked attack on Poland. Britain and France declared war on Germany after Hitler had refused to abort his invasion of Poland.
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