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Which two states invaded Poland on Sept 1, 1939?
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#120778. Asked by author. (Mar 19 11 5:06 PM)
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serpa
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... an invasion of Poland by Germany, the Soviet Union, and a small Slovak contingent that marked the start of World War II in Europe. The invasion began on 1 September 1939, one week after the signing of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, and ended on 6 October 1939 with Germany and the Soviet Union dividing and annexing the whole of Poland.
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queproblema
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We could debate the Slovakia bit.
Copy-and-paste from Wikipedia:
The Slovak Republic (Slovak: Slovenská republika), also known as the First Slovak Republic (Slovak: Prvá slovenská republika) or the Slovak State (Slovak: Slovenský štát), was a puppet clerofascist state which existed from 14 March 1939 to 8 May 1945 as an ally and client state of Nazi Germany. It existed on roughly the same territory as present-day Slovakia (without the southern and eastern parts). The Republic bordered Germany, the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, General Government (German-occupied remnant of Poland), and Hungary.
The Slovak State was recognized by Germany and several other states. . . The first Slovak Republic's legal existence was retroactively nullified by the World War II victorious allies through the nullification of the Munich Agreement and all its consequences.
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland
For trivia, I'll accept that Germany and Slovakia invaded Poland on Sept. 1, 1939. For all practical purposes, though, I'll just say Germany did. (Slovakia was a short-lived puppet state and a client state, according to the above source.)
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