 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana 1 September 1939, Germany yakapinda muPoland pashure pokunge yaita zviitiko zvinoverengeka zvemuganhu wenhema mureza sechikonzero chokutanga kupinda. Kurwisa kwokutanga kweGermany kwehondo kwakauya kuzopesana nezvidziviriro zvePoland paWesterplatte. United Kingdom yakapindura nechisarudzo kuGermany chokumisa mabasa ehondo, uye musi wa3 September, pashure pokunge chisarudzo chacho chisina kuremekedzwa, France neBritain dzakazivisa hondo kuGermany, dzichiteverwa neAustralia, New Zealand, South Africa neCanada. Mubatanidzwa wacho hauna kupa rutsigiro rwakananga rwechiuto kuPoland, kunze kwetsvakurudzo yokuchenjera yeFrance muSaarland. Masangano okuMadokero akabatanidzwawo akatanga kurwisa kwezvikepe zveGermany, izvo zvaiva nechinangwa chokukuvadza upfumi hwenyika uye hondo. Germany yakapindura nokurayira hondo yeU-boat kurwisa vatengesi veAllied nengarava dzehondo, izvo zvaizopedzisira zvava Hondo yeAtlantic. 