At daybreak on the first day of September 1939, the residents of Poland awakened to grave news. A Juggernaut force of tanks, guns, and countless gray-clad soldiers from nearby Germany had torn across the countryside and were making a total invasion of the Pol’s homelands. German’s actions on that fateful morning ignited a conflict that would spread like a wildfire, engulfing the entire globe in a great world war (granastein, 43). This scenario is many people’s conception of how World War II came about. In reality, the whole story is far ....