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On 1 September 1939, German troops invaded Poland from the west (followed on 17 September by the Soviet Union from the east), precipitating war with the UK, France, and their allies. On 2 September, de Valera told the Dáil Éireann (the lower house of parliament) that neutrality was the best policy for the country.
The Invasion of Poland, [e] also known as the September Campaign, [f] Polish Campaign, [g] and Polish Defensive War of 1939 [h] [13] (1 September – 6 October 1939), was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union, which marked the beginning of World War II. [14]
Poland 1939: 16,343: 320 Norway 1940: 4,975: 691 West until May 31, 1944: ... The following is a list of published statistics for German casualties in World War II. ...
1 September – A state of emergency was declared by the Government when Germany invaded Poland. [3] [4] 2 September – Taoiseach Éamon de Valera told the Dáil that Ireland will remain neutral in the European War. 3 September The Emergency Powers Act 1939 came into force as Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany.
Part of Invasion of Poland, World War II: ... 31 August 1939, and the German plan. ... German casualties are estimated at 8,000 dead. [2]
Casualty list according to monograph about the battle titled Bitwa Pszczyńska 1939 ("Battle of Pszczyna 1939") by Janusz Ryt. [1] After the long and bloody combat at Ćwiklice on 2 September 1939, German war correspondent K. Frowein wrote after seeing one of the Polish infantrymen heavily wounded: This was the first Polish soldier I have ever ...
The German Office stated that Colonel Wessel had died in Italy in 1943, that interviews of other surviving soldiers were inconclusive, and concluded with a statement that the battle of Ciepielów resulted in 13 German and 250 Polish casualties. [11] Some other German accounts have given estimates of the prisoners killed in this massacre as 250 ...
Poland Bureau of War Damages (BOW). Statement on war losses and damages of Poland in 1939–1945. [61] Total Population of ethnic Poles and Polish Jews (only) in 1939 A. 27,007,000: Causes of human losses (% of total) % Direct war operations B. 644,000: 10.7% Murdered in the extermination camps, executions, liquidation of ghettos: 3,577,000: 59.3%