What was germany's official reason for invading France in world war 2?

Question

how about Poland? and Belgium?

Where those legitimate reasons, or just bogus ones they made up to start wars they wanted all along to seize other lands??

Answer 1

After invading Poland France and England declared war on Germany.  

They were at war what other reason was required?

Answer 2

None of his reasons were legitimate, he wanted Poland and ginned up an excuse that Polish troops had fired on German troops.  France declared war after they invaded Poland, so Germany invaded France, Belgium (along with the Netherlands and Luxemborg) was in the way.  Between the invasion of Poland and the invasion of France and the low countries, they also invaded Norway, evidently because it was strategically placed.

Answer 3

It started with a little fight over who really owned the Ruhr Valley that was taken from Germany at the end of ww1 but quickly escalated such that Hitler occupied France.

It starts with a dispute, the fight is on, then you invade and occupy. Almost always works that way.

Answer 4

France and Belgium declared war on Germany first, actually. For Poland, they invented a massacre of German soldiers by Poles.

Answer 5

Hitler wanted to rule the world.  He felt his "Aryan Race" was superior to all others.  He held special grudge against France, because Germany was forced to sign the documents accepting Defeat, for  World War 1, in Paris.

Answer 6

We can all see what you are implying. Bush did not seize any land.

Answer 7

There were no serious reasons, just pretences... in case of Poland there was an incident arranged by Hitler, when a group of German prisoners were killed, dressed in Polish uniforms and left around German radio station in Gliwice (German name: Gleiwitz). This was presented as Polish attack on Gliwice radio station and it was an official reason to attack Poland.

In case of France the reason was that France officially declared war on Germany after the invasion on Poland (there was a mutual defence treaty between Poland, France and England). Although the French did absolutely nothing to help Poland or at least fight Germans on their border in any way, Hitler took this war declaration as a reason to attack France.

In case of Belgium I don't know if there was any official reason, I guess after they started the total war they didn't need one...