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Blitzkrieg Military Strategy Used by Germany Tanks, troops, combat engineers, and air power Concentrated Fast Quick Break enemy lines Keep going Came from Heinz Guderian Military pamphlet called “Achtung Panzer” He used it against British, French, and Russian armies Sitzkreig German troops continued to pout into Poland France and Britain declared war on Germany Launched no major military land operations No activity in the Western front between September 1939 and May 1940 The Germans consolidated their gains in Poland and the Soviets invaded their share of the country After, the Allied armies stirred themselves and pushed forward into Belgium to meet the enemy who had fallen into their trap Known as: “The Sitting War” and “The Phony War” Italy Invading Ethiopia The Italian invasion of Ethiopia was initiated in the month of October 1935 It was a brief colonial war that is also remembered in history as the second italo-abyssinian war. It was the first time that mustard gas and phosgene was used illegally Mussolini who was the leader of italy The Ambassador reported that factories for the manufacture of trucks, tanks, and artillery at and around Milan were working day and night The UN was trying to stop the outbreak of war, but Italy refused to not carry out their plan The league suggested a plan to give part of abyssinia to italy. Mussolini ignored the league, and invaded abyssinia The league banned weapon sales, and put sanction on rubber and metal They invaded for: Revenge for an earlier defeat in 1896 (The battle of Adowa) access to the red sea ethiopia was weak so they could get away with it The aim of invading Ethiopia was to boost Italian national prestige national honor Winston Churchill Prime Minister of Great Britain Famous for the saying: “We will never ever surrender” Allie Lost power by not being re-elcected