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1944

Britain and France Declare War

Map showing the German invasion of Poland.

Map showing the German invasion of Poland. —US Holocaust Memorial Museum

September 3, 1939

Honoring their guarantee of Poland’s borders, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany. Two days earlier, on September 1, 1939, Germany had invaded Poland.

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