 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Dambudziko racho rakabva kuvadzvinyiriri ivavo, kutanga kubva kuna Benito Mussolini, Duce weItaly, ipapo kubva kuna Adolf Hitler, Führer weGermany ine simba zvikuru yeNazi. Songaniro Yamarudzi yakabvumikisa kuva inoodza mwoyo kuvatsigiri vayo; yakakundikana kupedza tyisidziro ipi neipi yakaunzwa navatongi vanodzvinyirira. Mutemo weBritain waibatanidza kuvanyaradza netariro yokuti vaizogutswa. Pakazosvika 1938 kwakanga kwakajeka kuti hondo yakanga iri kuuya, uye kuti Germany yakanga ine uto rine simba zvikurusa renyika. Chiito chokupedzisira chokunyaradza chakauya apo Britain neFrance zvakabayira Czechoslovakia kuzvinodikanwa zvaHitler muMunich Agreement yaSeptember 1938. Panzvimbo pokugutsikana, Hitler akatyisidzira Poland, uye pakupedzisira Mutungamiriri weHurumende Neville Chamberlain akarega kugadzikana ndokumira akasimba muchipikirwa chokudzivirira Poland March 31, 1939. Zvisinei, Hitler akaita chibvumiranonaJoseph Stalin kuti vagovane Eastern Europe 23 August 1939; apo Germany yakapinda muPoland muna September 1939, Britain neFrance dzakazivisa hondo, uye British Commonwealth yakatevera kutungamirira kweLondon. 