How did the Nazi Soviet Pact lead to war? (The invasion of

• > 0n 1 September 1939 Nazi troops entered Poland and two days later

  the British and French declared war on Hitler’s Germany.
• > German battleship opened fire on the port of Danzig. At the same

  time 62 divisions of the German army and 1300 Luftwaffe airplanes

  invaded Poland.
• > On 3 September 1939, the British sent an ultimatum to

  Germany. If Germany did not remove its troops from Poland by 11am,

  Britain would declare war on Germany, and would send troops to

  Europe.
• > When no reply came by the deadline, Britain declared war on

  Germany. France followed suit and also declared war.
• > Poland was overrun by Nazi and Soviet troops within four weeks and

  Hitler was convinced that Britain and France would back down. He

  was wrong.