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The Invasion of Poland

The Invasion of Poland. Soviet Invasion of Finland. The ‘Winter’ War , Finland. The ‘Winter War ’, Finland. Invasion of Scandinavia , 1940. The Maginot Line. Underground plan of Maginot Line. Invasion of Low Countries, France. The Bombing of Rotterdam, 1940.

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The Invasion of Poland

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  1. The Invasion of Poland

  2. Soviet Invasion of Finland

  3. The ‘Winter’ War, Finland

  4. The ‘Winter War’, Finland

  5. Invasion of Scandinavia, 1940

  6. The Maginot Line

  7. Underground plan of Maginot Line

  8. Invasion of Low Countries, France

  9. The Bombing of Rotterdam, 1940

  10. The encirclementatDunkirk

  11. EncirclementatDunkirk

  12. Troopsawaitingevacuation, Dunkirk

  13. Evacuation atDunkirk, 1940

  14. The Defeat of France, May – June 1940 • French inferior air force, lack tank mobility (all panzers have radio communication) despitebuild-up since 1936. • YetGermanstrengthoverstated – surprised by ownsuccess • French general Maurice Gamelin ignores Belgian and Swiss warnings of attackbetween Meuse and Moselle. • French DO fight (85,000 killed in 6 weeks; 1.5 million captured) Prime Minister Paul Reynaud resigns on June 18 • Field Marshal Philippe Pétain signs armistice 4 dayslater • Gen. De Gaulle flees to London; organises Free French • New governmentestablished in Vichy ‘free zone’ in south • Northern France under direct Nazi occupation • About 600,000 French will die in WWII, (about half WWI losses) • A third of Luftwaffe’s planes destroyed or damaged in campaign

  15. Hitler in Paris

  16. The Battle of Britain, 8 – 11/1940 • Royal Air Force has 2500 pilots and 2,000 planes • 1900 Brits, 1100 Commonwealth pilots, 7 US • 220 Poles and Czechs; 40 Belgiansand Free French • 1000 casualties (550-600 dead) • Germany has 2500 planes but suffergreaterlosses • More critically, British able to outproducethem • Radar gives warnings of comingGermanattacks • Hitler switches targetsfromairfields to London • Ends Germanthreat of invasion of Britain

  17. Battle of Britainmap

  18. Always good for a quote, Churchill

  19. Air raid shelter, The ‘Blitz’

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