 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Zvichitevera zviitiko zvakati kuti zvakarongwa neGermany, zvakadai sechiitiko cheGleiwitz, chikamu cheOperation Himmler, iyo mharidzo yeGermany yakashandiswa sechikonzero chokutaura kuti mauto eGermany akanga achiita zvekuzvidzivirira, chimwe chezviito zvekutanga zvehondo chakaitika musi wa1 September 1939. Na04:45, ngarava yehondo yekare yeGermany yepre-dreadnought Schleswig-Holstein yakavhura pfuti pachitoro chemauto echiPolish kuWesterplatte, muGuta Rakasununguka reDanzig, paGungwa reBaltic. Zvisinei, munzvimbo dzakawanda, mauto eGermany akayambuka muganhu wePoland kunyange nguva iyoyo isati yasvika. Panenge panguva iyoyo, Luftwaffe yakarwisa zvinangwa zvakawanda zvechiuto uye zvevagari vemo, kusanganisira Wieluń, bhomba rekutanga guru remaguta muhondo. Na8:00, mauto eGermany, achiri asina kuziviswa hondo zviri pamutemo, akarwisa pedyo nomusha wePoland weMokra. Hondo yeBorder yakanga yatanga. Gare gare zuva iroro, vaGermany vakarwisa miganhu yokuMadokero, yokumaodzanyemba neyokuchamhembe yePoland, uye ndege dzeGermany dzakatanga kurwisa maguta ePoland. Nzvimbo huru yekurwisa yakaenda kumabvazuva kubva kuGermany kuburikidza nemuganhu wekumadokero wePoland. Kurwisa kwekutsigira kwakauya kubva kuEast Prussia, kuchamhembe, uye kurwisa kwakabatana kweGerman-Slovak tertiary nemauto Field Army Bernolák kubva kuGerman-yakabatana neSlovak Republic, kumaodzanyemba. Hondo dzose nhatu dzakabva dzarwisa guta guru rePoland, Warsaw. 