1939 diplomatic crisis between Poland and Nazi Germany
Not to be confused with Danzig crisis (1932).
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Danzig crisis
Danzig policemen on foot patrol
Date
21 March – 1 September 1939
Location
Free City of Danzig (present-day Gdańsk, Poland)
Result
German invasion of Poland
Beginning of World War II
Belligerents
Poland
Supported by: France United Kingdom
Free City of Danzig
Germany
Events leading to World War II
1910s
Treaty of Versailles 1919
Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye 1919
Polish–Soviet War 1919–1920
Polish–Lithuanian War 1919–1920
1920s
Treaty of Trianon 1920
Treaty of Rapallo 1920
Franco-Polish alliance 1921
March on Rome 1922
Corfu incident 1923
Occupation of the Ruhr 1923–1925
Mein Kampf 1925
Second Italo-Senussi War 1923–1932
Dawes Plan 1924
Locarno Treaties 1925
Young Plan 1929
Great Depression 1929
1930s
Japanese invasion of Manchuria 1931
Pacification of Manchukuo 1931–1942
January 28 incident 1932
Geneva Conference 1932–1934
Defense of the Great Wall 1933
Battle of Rehe 1933
Nazis' rise to power in Germany 1933
Tanggu Truce 1933
Italo-Soviet Pact 1933
Inner Mongolian Campaign 1933–1936
German–Polish declaration of non-aggression 1934
Franco-Soviet Treaty of Mutual Assistance 1935
Soviet–Czechoslovakia Treaty of Mutual Assistance 1935
He–Umezu Agreement 1935
Anglo-German Naval Agreement 1935
December 9th Movement
Second Italo-Ethiopian War 1935–1936
Remilitarization of the Rhineland 1936
Arab revolt in Palestine 1936–1939
Spanish Civil War 1936–1939
Italo-German "Axis" protocol 1936
Anti-Comintern Pact 1936
Suiyuan campaign 1936
Xi'an Incident 1936
Second Sino-Japanese War 1937–1945
USS Panay incident 1937
Anschluss Mar. 1938
Polish ultimatum to Lithuania Mar. 1938
May Crisis May 1938
Battle of Lake Khasan July–Aug. 1938
Bled Agreement Aug. 1938
Undeclared German–Czechoslovak War Sep. 1938
Munich Agreement Sep. 1938
First Vienna Award Nov. 1938
German occupation of Czechoslovakia Mar. 1939
Hungarian invasion of Carpatho-Ukraine Mar. 1939
German ultimatum to Lithuania Mar. 1939
Slovak–Hungarian War Mar. 1939
Final offensive of the Spanish Civil War Mar.–Apr. 1939
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