Talked a little about the quiz on Thursday or Friday.
Contininued with Bruns's presentation.
Notes:
- British Pime Minister Neville Chamberlain started taking Nazi Germany and Hitler much more seriously after this
- Winston Churchill had warned about this happening
- Great Britian and France started mobilizing for war
- Russia gave raw materials to Germany in exchange for money and weapons
- Both agreed to stay neutral if the other entered the war
- secretly agreed to invade and split poland. Germany would get the western half and USSR got the eastern half
- Russia would get Finland, Estonia and Latvia and Germany would get Lithuania
How did the world react?
- shocked
- poland was in a very tough spot
- Hitler thought it would force Great Britian and France to back out of their promise to help Poland if attacked
Blitzkrieg-Lightning War
1. Airforce attacks enemy front-line and rear posistions, main roads, airfields and communication centers. At the same time, infantry attacks on the entire frontline and engages enemy
2. Tank units breakthrough main lines of defense and advance deeper into enemy territory. While following, mechanized units pusue and engage defenders preventing them from establishing defensive positions. Infantry continues to engage enemy for the sae reason
3. infantry attacks enemy flanks in order to link up with other groups to complete the attack and eventually encircle the emeny and capture strategic postition
4. Mechanized groups go deeper into the enemy territory out flanking the enemy positions and preventing withdrawing troops and defenders from establishing effective defensive positions
5. Main force links up with other units encircling and cutting off the enemy
6. goal was to achieve victory as quickly as possible
Main Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan
Other Powers: Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Romania, Thailand, Hungary
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