Military strategiesemployed by

Britain and Germany

DONE BY AMELIA LAU, AUDREY GOH, TIZIANA

TAN3GY

BRITAINThe military strategies employed.

INTRODUCTION VIDEO! :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD1gWA9Rtwk

BRITAIN - LAND Good foundation Mobilised economy Armies Single army command (Might is combined) Element of surprise!

BRITAIN - SEA Large ships use to counter Germany’s attack

(operation Rheinbung) Midget submarines Code breaking Quick defense strategies

BRITAIN - AIR Defending multiple areas Smart investments of money Propaganda (: (: (:

GERMANYThe military strategies employed.

GERMANY – LAND(Two main tactics that Hilter used)

BarbarossaBLITZKREIGOperation Blue

Barbarossa The first version of the plan was to have a

massive attack on Moscow – his primary target. He also wanted a secondary attack on Kiev and two masking attacks in the Baltic towards Leningrad and in Moldavia in the south.

For the next version of the plan, he changed Marcks plan by having three thrusts; a major one against Moscow, a smaller attack on Kiev and a major attack on Leningrad. After taking Moscow and Leningrad, Halder wanted a move north to Archangel. After Kiev had fallen, he envisaged a drive into the Don/Volga region.

The third and final variant was Hitler’s plan which he codenamed Barbarossa.

BLITZKREIG

AIMS :>He wanted to fully develop and

implement this strategy of Blitzkrieg or lighting war to ensure that Germany

would never again be humiliated as they were in World War 1.

>Hitler now had his military operation of Blitzkrieg to accomplish his goals of

world domination.

STRENGTH: The only weapon that stopped the blitzkrieg of Germany was the very severe Russian winter.

German and Hitler’s blitzkrieg military strategies were considered to be one of the most successful military tactics ever implanted in the history of warfare.

Operation blue Hitler drove east at the beginning of

May Thrust was dynamic EFFECTIVENESS: 170,000 Russians

taken prisoner in the first week

GERMANY - SEA Modern technology Cutting enemy’s supplies off Using good strategies from others

Operation RheinubungAIMS: break into the Atlantic and attack

Allied shipping, Was mainly not to defeat enemies of equal strength, but to tie them down in a delaying action, while preserving her combat capacity as much as possible, so as to allow more ships to get at the merchant ships in the convoy.

GERMANY - AIR Superior weaponary Modern design and technology

SIMILARITIES IN

STRATEGIES

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GERMANY

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Had well-planned strategies Increased war production Well-prepared Modern technology Propaganda Fast thinking

Had well-planned strategies Increased war production Well-prepared Modern technology Propaganda Fast thinking

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ILITARY STRATEGIES

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BRITAIN

Used the latest and newest model for weapons

Depended on heavy weapons War efforts at the expense of others

Used weapons that were not very fast Depended on wit War efforts were voluntary

ANY QUESTIONS????

bibliographyhttp://historyworldwar2.com/blitzkrieg-

hitler.htmlhttp://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/

operation_barbarossa.htm

WE USED WIKIPEDIA TOO :D AND BOOKS

BOOKS: Stewart RossThe second world war Karen Farrington:The soldier’s warWar at seaWar for the air War Diaries

THANK YOU!

DONE BY AMELIA LAU(2)

AUDREY GOH(4)TIZIANA TAN()

3GY

Comments Good info given, although section on Germany is much

meatier than that on Britain. You looked at German military campaigns, but have left out British ones.

Comparison can be made more effective if you can come up with a key concluding statement which can summarise the essence.

E.g. Germany initially had more superior strategies (Blitzkrieg) and military technology; but the British had superior intelligence which was able to decode the German code, and to counter the threat posed by Blitzkrieg, as well as the superior strategy of using the air-force to compliment naval operations. Therefore the British were ultimately able to defeat/out-wit the Germans.