Par 2.3 Hitler causes a world war - German advance

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§2.3 Hitler causes a world war

The German advance

Program

• Homework next class
• Invasion of Poland
• War in Western-Europe / Blitzkrieg
• Battle of Britain
• Check homework last lesson

After today...

… You will be able to explain what the direct cause of the Second World War was

... You will be able to explain what Blitzkrieg is

Homework next class

• Study §2.3 pp. 40-41 

What agreements did the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact contain?

Invasion of Poland

• Hitler could invade Poland without having a two front war
• 1 September 1939
• No match for the German war machine

• Agreement Britain and France

• 3600 armored vehicles v.s. 750
• Twice as many airplanes

• 3 September 1939: Declaration of War

Start WWII

War in Western-Europe

• Start: spring of 1940
• Known as the 'Blitzkrieg'
• Blitzkrieg = tactics used in warfare, that aim to surprise the enemy by using tanks and airplanes

Blitzkrieg

• Poland (Sep 1939)
• Denmark and Norway (April-June 1940)
• The Benelux (May 1940) → Operation Fall Gelb (§5)

• France (June 1940) → Operation Fall Rot
• Yugoslavia and Greece (April 1941)

Battle of Britain (10 July – 31 Oct 1940)

• France was defeated in June
• One opponent left: Britain
• Hitler wanted neutrality or a peace treaty with Britain
• Royal Air Force vs. the German Luftwaffe
• Britain won

Who first used the Blitzkrieg method?

1. Poland
2. Britain
3. France
4. Germany

Where did Germany first use the Blitzkrieg method?

1. In the Netherlands
2. In France
3. In Poland
4. In Norway

Why did Germany use the Blitzkrieg method?