Blitzkrieg
Military strategy
used by germany
tanks, troops, combat engineers, and air power
concentrated
fast
quick
break enemy lines
kept goingMilitary pamphlet called "Achtung Panzer"
He used it against British, French and Russian armies
Sitzkrieg
German troops continued to pour 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
called the sitting war and the phony war
Italy Invading Ethiopi
was initiated in the month of October 1935
first time that mustard gas and phosgene was used as illegal
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 the war, but italy refused to no carry out their plan
the League suggested a plan to give part of the Abyssinia to Italy
Mussolini ignored the League and invaded Abyssinia
the League banned weapons sales and put sanction on rubber metal
Revenge for an earlier defeat in 1896
italy invaded to get access to the Red Sea
Ethiopia was weak so they could get away with it
The aim of invading ethiopia was to bost italian national prestige
Winston Churchill----
Prime Minister of Great Britain
He is famous for the saying "we will never ever surrender"
Allie
lost power by not being reelected
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