History of the United States II / Unit 12 USH2 1657 short lesson, about 20 seconds
War in Europe
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The idea
On September first, nineteen thirty-nine, Germany invaded Poland, secretly divided with the Soviet Union, and Britain and France declared war two days later.
In practice
France defeated in six weeks in nineteen forty, then the German bombing of England.
Where people slip
Hitler broke his pact in June nineteen forty-one and invaded the Soviet Union, the anchor records.
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