Monday-
How did the World react to this Pact?
Shocked
Poland was stuck “Between a rock and a hard place”
Hitler thought it would force Great Britain and France to back out of their promise to help Poland if attacked
Blitzkrieg- Lightning War
Air Force attacks frontline and small areas
Tanks geth the main lines of defence
Infantry gets the flack
Mechanized groups go deeper in
Main forces link up and cut them off
-----Goal was to get it done and over with very quickly
Sitzkrieg- The Phony War 39-40
They declare war...then nothing
Waited for spring through the winter and then they changed their mind
Hitler then Takes over
Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Luxemburg
French and Germany Plan to go into battle of France 1940
France had an Maginot line that ‘was impenetrable’
Had:Hospitals, Aircraft, Telephone lines, tanks, trains
Problem was it stopped and so Germany just skooted about
Battle of Dunkirk
Germany forced France to the Ocean and to the city Dunkirk
France Surrenders
Tuesday-
Nazi Goals for Battle of Britain
- Destry the Royal Air Force
- Attack and destroy the British Navy
- Attack British troops
- Once air control was gained, the invasion of GB would begin
*Germany never succeeded in achieving #1
**German bombers did so poorly against the RAF that they started bombing at nite only
***GB was aided heavily by the radar and Ultra
Wednesday-
German Invasion of USSR-June
Final Plan for Operation Barbarossa
Scorched Earth Policy
Stalin demanded this of the Soviet troops as they retreated
Battle for Moscow
THe soviet Winter Counteroffensive Dec 6(Day before Pearl Harbor)
The Russian winter sets in and makes a huge turning point in the war
Siege of Leningrad
On Aug 30, the Germans took over Leningrad's railroads, cutting them off from the rest of Russia in the world
Unlike the BAttle of Stalingrad, the Germans surrounded the city to starve the city into submission
Between NOv and Oct, 642,000 people died of starvation
Many resorted to eating rats, wallpaper and some cannibalism
A successful Russian counter-offensive at Stalingrad forced the Germans to move troops there and eventually, the siege failed
The Germans never took Leningrad, but it was one of the most costly conflicts Russia had ever faced-over one mill. Dead
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