ww2 unit 3 Niles North highschool

dunkirk

the World War II evacuation of Allied soldiers from beaches in Dunkirk, France, in 1940 after they were trapped by the advancing German army

poland falls

october 6 1939

who invaded poland?

Germany

warsaw

After defeating the Polish resistance, the German army, under orders from Hitler, systematically destroyed most of Warsaw as revenge, turning it into a pile of rubble.

Maginot Line

A fortification built before World War II to protect France's eastern border

Blitzkrieg

"Lighting war", typed of fast-moving warfare used by German forces against Poland in 1939 ( used to conqur poland)

After Germany invades Poland what happends?

France and England declare war on Germany

how fast does Poland fall?

6 weeks

invasion of Poland CAUSE

Germany invaded Poland because Adolf Hitler wanted to take back land lost after World War I, expand German territory, and gain control of Poland's resources.

when did Germany invade Poland?

September 1, 1939

CONSQUNCES of the invasion of Poland?

WW2 began

Poland was divided (Germany/Soviet Union)

millions of people suffered

What is Blitzkreig about?

SPEED.

Who does Germany invade before France?

Belgium

When does Germany invade Belgium?

May 1940

What did they call Germany invaded Belgium?

battle for low countrys

After Germany Invades France who is the "only hope"?

Britan

What does England do to try and help France?

They send the British Exidternoty Force to France

About how many people does England send to France?

400,000 people (almost entire British army)

Why does England send so many army people to France?

To get German forces to retreat

Does England Stop Germany?

No. The German army is unbeatable.

Why couldant the British army beat Germany?

Blitzkerig- the british army had no idea how powerful the german army is (blitzkerig)

when does paris fall?

june 14 1940

who is stuck in the middle of all this?

england

how does england get out of it?

retreat to dunkirk

dunkirk

port in France from which 400,000 British troops were evacuated when their retreat by land was cut off by Germany in 1940

How do the soldiers get back to England?

opperation dyamo- everyone with a boat helped

why coudant the german army get to dunkirk?

the weather stoped them

who was the only country standing up to hitler at the time?

england (winston churchhill)

how does hitler get to england?

destroys their land that makes it easy to get in and take over.

who invented the radar

england

Germanys problem with the radar

germany doesnt know about it and they cant hide from it.

how does england spot the german planes?

they're development of the spotlights

does england give up dispite the bombings

no they do not surrender

the british say this to pick themselves up?

keep buggering on

hitlers plan to invade england that was postponed

opperation sea lion

musolini wanted to recreate this in ww2

new Roman empire

Italy wants to expand they’re historical empire into…..

North Africa

Italy isn’t the best army because 

their supplies aren’t the best quality 

musolini asks for help in North Africa from who?

Germany

why does musolini need help in North africa?

The Brits who controlled North Africa were dominating

why is this a problem for Germany? 

hitler is saving stuff because he wants to invade Germany 

Hitler does not want to help Italy but he dosen’t want to

say no

Hitler’s plan B

send a small amount of men and ROMMEL

what was hitlers plan B crew called?

Rommel and the African corp

What is rommel’s nickname

Desert Fox

Why does Rommel have the nickname desert Fox?

because of all his fighting in the deserts of North Africa

where does the force land?

Algeria 

how does Hitlers small force preform in North Africa?

really well, Rommel pushes England all the way out of Egypt

What does Rommel apply to the desert fighting

Blitzkreig

what makes Rommel different than other than other generals? 

he does all the leading and fighting at the battlefeild in the desert 

how much time do they spend fighting in the desert?

about a year

England’s revoutinary idea

Special air service

Special air service plan

deep long range penetration 

tactic that montgomery copy from Rommel to use against him?

blitzkerig(Monty)

montgomery gets a huge influx of soldiers

from the colonies/common wealth

common wealth colinies

new Zealand, inidans, astralians, Rhodesians

where the Africa corp retreat

back to germany and Italy

what does the fact that England pushed back Germany and Italy prove? 

it proves Germany could be beaten 

hitlers dream in ww2

invade Russia

hitlers opperation to invade russia

opperation barbarosa

what was the plan of opperation barbarosa

germany attacks from many different places

invading Russia was very important to Hitler

to create living space for the “pure Germans (leibenstran