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German Military Tactics- Blitzkrieg

German Military Tactics- Blitzkrieg. “Nature is cruel, so we may be cruel, too… I have the right to remove millions of an inferior race that breeds like vermin” -Hitler. -Hitler wanted to conquer whoever he felt was inferior to the “Aryan race”

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German Military Tactics- Blitzkrieg

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  1. German Military Tactics- Blitzkrieg

  2. “Nature is cruel, so we may be cruel, too… I have the right to remove millions of an inferior race that breeds like vermin” -Hitler

  3. -Hitler wanted to conquer whoever he felt was inferior to the “Aryan race” -He wanted “living space” for the Germans, especially in Eastern Europe.

  4. War gets declared • Germany invades Poland • Britain and France declared war on Germany on September 3, 1939. • Canada declares war on Germany, Septemeber 10, 1939 • Italy declared war on France and Britain on June 10, 1940.

  5. “Blitzkrieg” • In German blitzkrieg means “lightning war”. • Hitler used blitzkrieg during his invasion of Poland. • Blitzkrieg included surprise attacks, rapid advances into enemy territory, and massive air attacks that struck and shocked the enemy. • Germany achieved most of its victories in World War II with the Blitzkrieg tactic.

  6. Blitzkrieg

  7. “Phony War” • Britain sent troops to wait with the French down behind the Maginot Line. • Reporters called this quiet time of not much action the “phony war” • Hitler knows of Maginot line so attacks through Belgium

  8. Maginot Line • The Maginot Line was a defensive for France against an invasion of Germany. • The Maginot Line was established after WW1. • The line showed to be little use in 1940 when Germany invaded France for the third time.

  9. “Blitzkrieg: German soldiers being parachuted into Holland - May 10, 1940”

  10. Early Axis Triumphs • In April 1940 the quiet time of the war exploded into action. • Hitler launched a series of blitzkrieg. • Norway and and Denmark both fell. • Germany had overrun the Netherlands and Belgium. • Germany along with Italy forced France to surrender.

  11. World War II in 1939/1942

  12. Fall of France

  13. Hitler’s Major Blunder • The Germans invaded France in May 1940. • Retreating Allied forces made it to Dunkirk and found themselves trapped between the advancing Nazis and the English Channel. • The British sent every boat they could get across the English Channel to pick up troops off the beaches of Dunkirk.

  14. Miracle at Dunkirk • The event at Dunkirk is called a miracle because the retreating allies had lost hope and then the British pulled through for them and rescued 338,000 men.

  15. June 22, 1940 • On June 22, 1940 France signs an armistice (truce) with Germany in occupied France. • The Franco-German Armistice divided France into two zones. One zone was under German military occupation and the other was under French control. • In 1942 Germans occupied all of France

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