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The Axis Advances

The Axis Advances. The Blitzkrieg. “Lightning War” Luftwaffe bombs factories and airfields Tanks and troop transports advance rapidly . . Fall of France. Poland falls in a month. Hitler invades France, through the Ardennes Forest in Belgium, in May 1940. Close to Schlieffen Plan.

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The Axis Advances

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  1. The Axis Advances

  2. The Blitzkrieg • “Lightning War” • Luftwaffe bombs factories and airfields • Tanks and troop transports advance rapidly.

  3. Fall of France • Poland falls in a month. • Hitler invades France, through the Ardennes Forest in Belgium, in May 1940. • Close to Schlieffen Plan. • France surrenders in 6 weeks.

  4. Miracle at Dunkirk • 338,000 trapped British and French troops are evacuated.

  5. Vichy France • Puppet government set up by Germany after France’s fall • Continued Nazi’s racial policies. • Sent Jews and other “undesirables” to camps in Germany.

  6. Battle of Britain • Britain stands alone. • August 1940 begins a daily bombardment of England. • Radar gives early warning. • RAF is outnumbered but fights valiantly.

  7. Who do you consider a civilian, a non-combatant in the war?

  8. London Blitz • September 1940, Hitler targets civilian cities. • London is bombed 57 nights in a row. • People continued about their daily lives.

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