only question was when it would begin, but on september 1, 1939 , we all know what happened after glyaevcation. germany statements war attacked poland. on september 3, 1939 , great britain and france declared war on germany. on september 6, 1939 , the british dominions declared war on germany. that is, as they say, it turned out that the great european war involved states located on three continents. a plan for an attack on the soviet union was developed, in 1941 by this time there was already the so-called barbaros plan, this was done back in december 1940, which suggests that the military actions were planned in advance, the attack on the soviet union was not is no preventative. let’s say, with a blow, as they later tried to explain at the nurem trials, and this was a clearly pre-planned operation of the german wehrmacht forces to seize the territory of the soviet union, well, the ost plan, which also took place for the further colonization of the occupied territories, the territories of the soviet union, where specific destruction figures were outlined. civilian population on the use