 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Pakupinda muPoland, uko kwakatanga Hondo Yenyika II, muna September 1939, vaGermany vakasunga vakawanda vevarwi vokuPoland vomunharaunda yacho uye vakarambidza masangano echiPoland. Guta racho rakava dzimbahwe redunhu rokumaodzanyemba reSelbstschutz, iro basa raro raiva rokuita utsinye pamusoro pevaPoland. Vazhinji vevakuru vePoland vakabvawo mumakore ekuma1920 nema1930 apo vatungamiriri vePoland vakasara vakatumirwa kumisasa yevasungwa. Munguva yehondo, vasungwa vokuCzech 363 uye vokuPoland 293, pamwe chete nenhengo dzevapanduki dzokuWestern Europe, vakaurayiwa nechibhakera mujeri reguta racho. Pamwe chete, hurumende yeGermany yakauraya vanhu 896 neiyi nzira. Muna 1941 vashoma vePoland vakanga vasara muguta, pamwe chete nevashandi vevaranda vePoland vakaronga boka rinopikisa rainzi Olimp. 