Today we are discussing what we are doing for the rest of the year basically. There will be an Assigned blog over the WW2 topics.
We are reviewing what we discussed last week.
Axis powers: Germany, Italy, Japan
Other powers: Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Romania, Thailand, Hungary
Allied powers: United States, Soviet Union, France, Great Britain, China
- Blitzkrieg tactic, easy battle; France surrendered after about a month
- concrete , steel poles to prevent tanks from moving in. Quite a barrier.
- Maginot line- got machine guns, live underground, sleep underground, dealt with underground.
- Dunkirk- By June 100 of thousands of British forces are pushed back but forced to stop.
- The day Hitler got his revenge he marched through Paris
- Vichy Government- Allowed to take control of southern France. (French People) Led by Marshal Henri Petain
Nazi Goals
- Destroy the Royal Air Force
- Attack and destroy the British Navy
- Attack British troops
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