70 years ago today,
Starting on the Polish border, then spreading almost everywhere…
The start of World War II took place on 1 September 1939 with the German invasion of Poland, followed by declarations of war on Germany by most of the countries in the British Empire and Commonwealth, and by France. The war was the most widespread in history, a global military conflict involving a majority of the world’s nations and the mobilization of over 100 million military personnel. Over seventy million people were killed (the majority of whom were civilians) making this the deadliest conflict in human history.