9.3.2: Hitler's war against the USSR - Q facts -
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Items in this lesson
Slide 1 - Slide
Read "Introduction".
1. Why did Hitler give up on the Battle of Britain?
1. Why did Hitler give up on the Battle of Britain?
Slide 2 - Open question
2. What were Hitler's two main reasons for attacking the Soviet Union?
Slide 3 - Open question
Read "Operation Barbarossa" and "German successes" .
3. Which 3 Russian cities were Hitler's main targets?
3. Which 3 Russian cities were Hitler's main targets?
Slide 4 - Open question
4. Why was the Caucasus important for Hitler?
Slide 5 - Open question
Read "German errors"
5. What evidence is there to show that Hitler was
confident of beating the Soviet Union?
5. What evidence is there to show that Hitler was
confident of beating the Soviet Union?
Slide 6 - Open question
6. How did the nazis themselves actually help Stalin?
Slide 7 - Open question
7. Speculate how Churchill would have felt when he heard about the start of Operation Barbarossa.
Slide 8 - Open question
Read "the tide turns"
8. Why did Soviet generals feel the need to stop Hitler's army at Stalingrad?
8. Why did Soviet generals feel the need to stop Hitler's army at Stalingrad?
Slide 9 - Open question
9. Why was capturing Stalingrad (for the Germans) or saving Stalingrad (for the Soviets) also important for the propaganda war?
Slide 10 - Open question
10. Did Hitler care about the lives of his soldiers in Stalingrad?
Explain your answer.
Explain your answer.
Slide 11 - Open question
11. Stalingrad is considered to be the Turning Point of WW2.
Can you think why?
You can answer like this: "Before Stalingrad..... and after Stalingrad......"
Can you think why?
You can answer like this: "Before Stalingrad..... and after Stalingrad......"
Slide 12 - Open question
Read "the Western Front"
12. Why were the Germans building strong defenses along the Atlantic coast?
12. Why were the Germans building strong defenses along the Atlantic coast?
