On September 1, 1939, Germany attacked Poland and quickly overwhelmed it.

His plan was further crippled when Soviet forces attacked Poland from the east on 17 September.

Küchmeister attacked northern Poland, but returned only after 16 days.

Sixteen days later, on September 17, the Soviet Union also attacked Poland from the east.

Instead, Stibor led small Hungarian army to attack Poland from south.

Ribbentrop had informed his visitor earlier in the day that the decision to attack Poland was implacable.

The first of these is 1 September 1939, when Hitler attacked Poland.

By this time, however, Hitler had Soviet backing and had decided to attack Poland.

On Sept. 1, 1939, with no declaration of war, German troops attacked Poland.

Unfortunately, the Russian army attacked Poland which made the construction impossible.