He AVOIDED the French Maginot line,consisting of 400 forts .
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France. Germany and France share a border.
In reality, there was fighting long before this point, but the official beginning of WWII was when Germany invaded Poland. England and France had threatened Germany, stating that if Hitler were to invade Poland that the two would declare war on him. Hitler ignored the threat, and proceeded to invade. In response, England and France declared war on Germany.
They went through Belgium to invade France.
Made it easier for Mussolini to invade Ethiopia. Made it easier for Hitler to invade Europe. Used as a pretext to refuse any help to the French republic in 1939-1941, while France was at war against Hitler. Prevented FDR to offer more than consolation to Great Britain after the fall of France, until late 1941.
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