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Section 1: Hitler’s Lightning war

Section 1: Hitler’s Lightning war. Non-Aggression pact. An agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union in which each promised not to invade the other with military force They also agreed to secretly split Poland between the 2 nations

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Section 1: Hitler’s Lightning war

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  1. Section 1: Hitler’s Lightning war

  2. Non-Aggression pact • An agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union in which each promised not to invade the other with military force • They also agreed to secretly split Poland between the 2 nations • This pact would allow Germany to focus on France and the Western front without worrying about an attack from the east and granted the Soviet Union the Baltic countries of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia

  3. Blitzkreig • Germany’s newest military strategy which involved fast-moving airplanes and tanks, followed by massive infantry forces • Took enemies by surprise and quickly overwhelmed them • Translated to “Lightning War” • Used to invade Poland-the incident that caused Britain and France to declare war on Germany

  4. Rescue at dunkirk • British navy and civilians rescued Allied forces at Dunkirk after the Germans had trapped them there • 338,000 soldiers were rescued by Navy ships as well as yachts, lifeboats, motor boats and fishing boats

  5. Charles degualle • A French general who set up a government-in-exile in London after the Nazis conquered France • Committed all of his energy to reconquering France and used the radio to call on the people of France to join him in resisting the Nazis

  6. Winston churchill • New British Prime Minister • Declared that the nation would never give in, even after the Nazis took control of France • Powerful speaker

  7. The Battle of Britain • After defeating France, the Nazis turned their attention on Great Britain • Attacked Britain from the air from the summer of 1940 until spring of 1941 • Although Hitler’s forces greatly outnumbered the British RAF (Royal Air Force), the British were able to break German codes and resist German advances • Hitler called off the attacks in May 1941, leaving Britain free from Nazi control

  8. Luftwaffe • Germany’s Air Force • Fought in the Battle of Britain

  9. Erwin rommel • Commander of the German tank force in Africa, the AfrikaKorps • Sent by Hitler to help the Italians in North Africa after they had been defeated by the British • Nicknamed the “Desert fox” for his successes in North Africa

  10. Operation barbarossa • Hitler’s plan to break the nonaggression pact and invade the Soviet Union • Germans used the element of surprise to push Soviet forces back 500 miles into the country • Soviets fought back by using the scorched-earth policy • Germans lost 500,000 men to the Soviet winter

  11. Atlantic charter • A declaration of the principles and goals that Churchill and Roosevelt had for the free world • Upheld free trade among nations and the right of people to choose their own government

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