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THE BEGINING OF WW2

In 1935 Hitler began to defy the Treaty of Versailles that had ended WW1. He announced that Germany would build a new air forces and degin a military draft that would expand its army these actions being in direct violation of the treaty. On September 1, 1939 Germany invaded Poland. Just two days later Britain and France declared war on Germany. WW2 had begun. After WW1 the French had built a line of concrete bunkers and fortifications called the Maginot Line and the German border. Which seemed like a good idea at first but the Germans decided to go around the Maginot Line. to do that the Germans have to invade the Neterlands, Belgium and Luxembourg first. While German troops parachuted into the Nerherlands an army of tanks rolled into Belgium and Luxembourg. The British and French armies were trapped in Belgium. In June 1940 the German air force began to attack British shipping in the English Channel. Then in mid August Germany launched an all out air battle to destroy the Royal Air Force this air battled lasted in to the fall became known as the Battle of Britain. On August 23, German bombers accidentally bombed London, Britain. This attack on civilians angered the British, who reacted by bombing Berlin the following night. America stayed neutral two days after Britain and France had declared war on Germany. President Roosevelt was determined to help the two countries by building and sending them weapons.