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hitler and stalin signed a non aggressive pact to not fight against each other and to invade poland together
germany invades poland- start of world war 2 (1939)
phoney war (blitz and sitz) - winter was going on they were preparing. people wondering if the war was over when it just started
axis vs allies- axis powers were germany, japan, and italy. those were the main and the some others were albania, bulgaria, finland, romania, thailand, and hungary. allied- US, soviet union, france, great britain, and china. it was the world against the axis powers.
germany invades- denmark, norwalk, belgium, netherlands, luxenberg. GREAT BRITIAN should have invaded germany but they were worried about there defense so germany invaded more working on his offense. none of the countries germany tried to take over were not strong countries.
invasion of france- they decided to surrender. they lasted a month. they wanted to save there people. maginot line- concrete wall with machine guns and steel poles to prevent german tanks. the germans went around it with airplanes or around it. it was a great wall but it didnt go farther than frances border.
miracle of dankirk- (allies should be proud of)
TAYLORS NOTES
Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact
- Between Hitler and Stalin; agreed not to fight
- Signed August 23, 1939- one week before invasion of Poland
- Russia gave raw materials to Germany in exchange for money and weapons
- Both agreed to not fight one another if a war broke out (not really and alliance though)
- Secretly agreed to invade and split Poland. Germany would get western half and USSR would get eastern half of Poland.
- Russia would get Finlnd, Estonia, and Latvia and Germany would get Lithuania.
Germany/USSR Invasion of Poland
- Sept. 1939
- Just under a month Poland surrendered go Germany and Soviets
- This was the start of the war
Blitz and Sitz
- Blitzkrieg = lightening warfare
- Goal was to overwhelm the enemy
- Airplanes (German airforce) would come in and bomb (Poland) to bomb their aircrafts/airforces/fighters/weapons, communication and, transportation systems.
- Then bring in the tanks/Panzers/infintry; along with this came mecognized units which are trucks with troops (designed to go inland as quickly as possible, drop off troops toward the back, then the troops turn everyone around and force them toward the tanks so they were trapped.
- Sitzkrieg = sitting war (U.S. called is phony war)
- Why it took place... 1. It was winter war but they still wanted to prepare
- When G. Britian and France declared war on Germany but waited several months before actually fighting
Axis Powers
- Main = Germany, Italy, and Japan
- Others = ALbania, Bulgaria, Finland, Romania, Thailand, Hungary
Allied Powers
- Main = Great Britain, Soviet Union, United States, China, France
- Others = Argentina, Bolivia, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Panama, Greece, Norway, Turkey, Netherlands, Poland, Australia, Canada (much more; many Latin America)
German Invasion of: Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemburg (All in Spring of 1940)
- Used Blitzkrieg tactic
- Easy battles; took weeks/less then a month taking them over
- The problem with Norway was Norway is over water; Germany Navy above the water struggled and suffered from this battle and were never really the same after this battle.
Germany Invades France (May 1940)
- Blitzkrieg tactic; easy battle; France surrendered after about a month
- Maginot Line = a concrete barrier with machine guns, coming out of the ground, spikes to prevent tanks; this was a defensive oriented tactic by France; the problem was that it just ran along the France border and Germany simply just attacked them by going through Belgium and around the other side of France.
- Germany focused on offensive side of war while France focused on defensive side of war
- Miracle of Dunkirk = Hitler gave orders to wait to invade the city full of french/allies, and they escaped through Dunkirk and the Panama canal while the Nazi's had to wait. This was a positive for Allied Forces.
- Vichy Government = led by Marshal Henri Petain; por-German government group in France (ultimately allies with Germany) They worked with Hitler; France is not proud of this part of history.
- Free French Underground = french that fled to G. Britain and tried to help save their country
- Ultra/Magic = intercepting and decifering of Germany's code; breaking the code and figuring out Germany's plans.
Battle of Britain (July 1940)
- RAF (british airforce) vs. Luftwaffe (german airforce)
- "We Shall Never Surrender" speech by Winston Churchill was a big motivation and key reasons that they didn't surrender to Germany
- "Never was so much owed by so many to so few." what Churchill means was that Germany was never able to gain the airways; hes saying the Royal airforce deserves all the credit for stopping them.
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