Domain issues. missed a bunchh of slides.
Russia and germany became allies so they wouldnt have to worry about fighting each other.
Blitzkrieg-lightning war. hitler's strategy was to hit hard and fast, overwhelm the enemy completely.
-Airforce attacks enemy front-line and rear positions, main roads, airfields and communication centers. At the same time, infantry attaxks on the entire frontline and engages enemy.
-Tank units breakthrough main lines of defense and advance deeper into enemy territory. While following, mechanized units pursue and engage defenders preventing them from establishing defensive positions. infantry continues to engage enemy for the same reason.
-Infantry attacks enemy flanks in order to link up with other groups to complete the attack eventually encircle the enemy and/or capture stategic position.
bruns hates his life.
-mechanized groups go deeper into the enemy territory outflankig the enemy postions and preventing withdrawing troops and defenders...
not enough time, he moved the slide.
andywas, they used bombs that made loud whistly sounds that scared people.
the blitzkrieg had an invincible aura. it used never-before-seen tactics.
After hitler took over a country, he always toured it.
Sitzkrieg- sitting war. we called it the phony war.
boring time in which not much happened. people were waiting out the winter, nobody wanted to make a move. there were a few mini battles with the navy, but nothing major.
Trtipartite Pact is signed - Axis Powers - when japan officially became an ally of the axis powers.
Germany, Italy, Japan - Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Romainia, Thailand, and one more. thats it. (Finland was there cuz russia attacked it and by then they were on our side- so finland allied with hitler to protect itself)
Allied powers were: GB, France, Soviet Union, USA, China - Argentina, Bolivia, Mexico, Brazil...all of latin america, basically. + lots from other continents, including australia....some from africa and several from europe. but they were all minor. suffice to say, allied powers greatly outnumbered the axis powers.
late spring 1940. hitler turns his attention to france. like in WW1, germany goes through belgium to attack.
The invasion of France: trenches were futile this time. France surrendered in a month. they didnt have the will to fight, really. they didnt think they could beat blitzkrieg, and they remembered how they got torn apart in WW1.
here come sthe miracle of dunkirk, btw. Germany pushed back the french, british and belian forces back into a pocket, and then into the port city of Dunkirk. Hitler tells his soldiers to wait for the tanks to catch up to them. So they waited, and during that time, hundreds of thousands of troops and citizens were evacuated to Great Britain. because hitler gave the order to wait. so thats something positive.
early summer- france is completely taken over by germany.
Hitler was a really vengeful guy.
we are approaching the end. the end of today, that is.
Vichy government. obedient to hitler. allies of germany. based in northern france. led by marshal patan.
Charles de Gaulle. free france, allies of us. based in london, fled france.
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