hitler’s lightning war section 16.1. september 1, 1939 hitler breaks nonaggression pact and...
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Hitler’s Lightning War
Section 16.1
September 1, 1939
Hitler breaks Nonaggression Pact and invades Poland.
WORLD WAR II BEGINS
The German Strategy for invasion is called BLITZKRIEG
What is BlitzKrieg?
- Literally means “Lightening War”
It’s a fast invasion using...
Planes Tanks Infantry
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BlitzKrieg: The First Phase
Medium Bombers Stuka: Dive-bombers
Luftwaffe - The Nazi Airforce
BlitzKrieg: The Second Phase
Panzer Tank Armored Units
Tanks overran enemy lines
Blitzkrieg: The Third Phase
Mass Nazi Infantry
Mauser Rifle- Kurz MP-40 Sub Machine Gun
Finally troops would overwhelm the enemy
Invasion of Poland
- Nazis invade Western
Poland Sept 1st 1939
-Soviets take Eastern half of
Poland
-Poland is divided
French and British Mobilize
Maginot Line: fortification on French German boarder
Germany Gets Clever
-April 1940 Germany invades Denmark and Norway
May 1940 Germany fights through Netherlands and Belgium, then into France.
Going around the Maginot line, Germany takes northern France in 10 days
Outnumbered, allied troops pull back to Dunkirk Beach
850 boats get the troops to Britain and safety
By June 1940 France surrenders
What Does BlitzKrieg mean in english?
“Lightening War”
What three Phases make up Blitzkrieg?
Planes, Tanks, infantry
What country did Germany invade in september 1940?
Poland
The fortified boarder protected by French and British troops was called?
The Maginot line
Rather than attack the Maginot line Germany attacked France through what two countries?
Netherlands and Belgium
British and French troops escaped to Britain from what beach in France?
Dunkirk
