The Complete History of the Outbreak of World War II

In 1939, Europe entered a war from which it would never emerge. The cause of this war was a small town called Danzig, at the mouth of the Vistula River. The city's population was almost entirely German. They wanted to join Germany. The Poles considered the city vital to their interests. Britain believed that Germany's demands were entirely justified and even benevolent. Yet Britain still chose to go to war over this small town of 400,000 inhabitants.

Why did the British take this step? Why did the Poles refuse to negotiate? Why was Germany so determined to resolve the crisis immediately? What were their conditions for Poland's return? Why did Molotov and Ribbentrop sign their now infamous pact? Find out all the answers to all these questions and more in this video.

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The 16 points:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939_German_ultimatum_to_Poland

Sources:

Peacemakers – Margaret Macmillan
The transfer deal – Edwin Black
Churchill, Hitler and the Pointless War – Patrick Buchanan
The origins of the Second World War – AJP Taylor
Hitler's Revolution – Richard Tedor
Adolf Hitler – John Toland
Hitler's War (including The War Path) – David Irving

Chapters:

Introduction: 0:00
Poland reborn: 1:50
Preventive invasion: 9:15 p.m.
Hitler and the British Empire: 31:25
The British U-turn: 42:28
The Danzig Crisis: 51:26
The Polish guarantee: 1:01:16
Stalin, Churchill and Chamberlain: 1:11:42
The Molotov-Ribbentrop pact: 1:30:04
A preventable tragedy: 1:42:52
The end of Poland: 2:01:23
Hitler's War: 2:18:46
Conclusion: 2:24:49

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