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World War II - The First Phase (Start of World War II (Churchill sends…
World War II - The First Phase
Start of World War II
Churchill sends British Expeditionary Force of 250,000 men
German Panzer tanks push them to Dunkirk
Luxembourg, Netherlands and Belgium invasion to bypass the Maginot line (May 1940)
British sent all boats to save 300,000 men
Norway and Denmark German invasion to keep trade with Sweden (April 1940)
France surrenders (June 1940)
Phoney War (no fighting Oct. 1939 to Mar. 1940)
France split in two (Occupied and Vichy France)
Poland split in two
Blitzkrieg (lightning war) (Wehrmacht)
Stage 1: Bombers and fighter planes (places of importance)
Stage 2: Tanks and infantry
(mop up resistance)
Vichy France led by Marshal Petain (helped round up Jews)
Britain Stands Alone
RAF Spitfire and Hurricane faster than German Messerschmitts and Stukas
British had radar
Battle of Britain (1940) (Op. Eagle)
Blitz continued, but Hitler abandoned invasion of Britain
Hitler's Operation Eagle and Sealion
Greece and Yugoslavia under Axis control (1941)
Blitz (regular bombing)
Winning in North Africa (Ernst Rommel "Desert Fox")
Operation Barbarossa
3 Forces:
1.Leningrad (north) 2.Moscow (capital) 3.Wheat and oil regions (south)
Scorched earth policy (Soviet Red Army)
Counter-attack (1942)