10 facts about world war 2.
1.Nazi Germany engaged in a rapid process of rearmament through the 1930s.
2. Britain and France remained committed to appeasement.
3.The second Sino-Japanese war began in July 1937 with the Marco polo Bridge Incident.
4.The Nazi-Soviet pact was signed on 23 August 1939.
5.The Nazi Invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 was the final straw for the British.
6 .Neville Chamberlain the British Prime Minister declared war on Germany at 11:15 on 3 September 1939.
7. Poland's losses were overwhelming during the German invasion of September and October 1939.
8.British non-aggression at the start of the war was derided at home and abroad.
9.Britian gained a morale-boosting victory in a naval engagement in Argentina on 17 December 1939.
10.The attempted Soviet invasion of Finland in November-December 1939 initially ended in comprehensive defeat.
