Fires burned more than 338,000 hectares through the province â seven and a half times the normal area charred on average over 20 years. No homes or notable structures were destroyed, but the province more than quadrupled its firefighting budget, spending $266 million.
German armies deep in Russian territory. Thus, Operation TORCH was conceived and. approved. In addition to building an invasion force capable of traveling long distances to reach. objectives in North Africa, the Allies had to cope with political complications.
The Invasion of Poland in 1939 precipitated World War II. It was carried out by Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, and a small German-allied Slovak contingent. In Poland the invasion is also known as the September Campaign (Kampania wrzeÅniowa) or the 1939 Defensive War (Wojna obronna 1939 roku). treaty of non-aggression was secured with the Soviet Union before the invasion. Hitler knew invading Poland could mean war with France and England, and he did not want to have to fight on two fronts, ie, against the Soviets as well.