Blitzkrieg and sitzkrieg
- Blitzkrieg used by Germany. They broke through enemy lines and just kept going, not stopping for anything
- It came from a pamphlet “Achtung Panzer” Hitler read it and used that tactic
- Sitzkrieg was when German troops continued to poor into Poland.
- France and Britain declared war on Germany
- Related to “the phony war”
Italy invading Ethiopia
- A brief colonial war
- It was the first time mustard gas was used illegally
- Mussolini was the leader of Italy
- The UN was trying to stop the outbreak of war but Italy refused to not carry out the plan
- The league suggested giving part of Abyssinia to Italy
- Mussolini ignored the league, and invaded Abyssinia
- The league banned weapon sales
- Italy invaded because they wanted revenge for an earlier defeat
- They wanted access to the red sea
- Ethiopia was weak, so they couldn’t get away with it
- The aim of invading Ethiopia was to boost Italian national prestige
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