They tried to help out the Allies, but did not want to enter the fighting. The United States had stayed neutral during the war. Now the Soviet Union was on the side of the Allies.

However, on JGermany invaded the Soviet Union. Up until this point in the war, the Soviet Union had been allied with Germany. On JGermany signed an agreement that gave them control of the Northern half of France. Soon after that, they invaded the Netherlands, Belgium, and France. It was in April of 1940 when Germany went on the attack again. Even though France and Great Britain declared war on Germany in 1939, there wasn't a lot of fighting at first. After Poland was defeated, the country was divided up between Germany and the Soviet Union.

Prior to invading Poland, Germany had made a deal with the Soviet Union.

France and Great Britain declared war on Germany and World War II had begun. Finally, when Germany invaded Poland in 1939, the other countries knew he would not stop. The other European countries didn't want war, so they didn't do anything. First Hitler took over the country of Austria. Hitler said the country needed more land or 'living space'. Hitler was elected Chancellor of Germany in 1933. Hitler promised he would bring Germany back to power.

It was during this time that Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party came into power. The citizens of Germany were not only humiliated that they had lost World War I, but they were also poor and struggling. As a result, the German economy did very poorly. This treaty not only took land from Germany, but required that they pay huge amounts of money in reparations to countries they had fought. When Germany lost World War I they were forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles.

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