hitler’s lightning war
DESCRIPTION
HITLER’S LIGHTNING WAR. Aug. 1939 Hitler & Stalin sign a non-aggression pact. What did each leader gain from the secret pact?. Hitler: Removal of threat from the east Stalin: Take over of Baltics / no German threat. Sep. 1939 Hitler invades Poland. Blitzkrieg “Lightning War” - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: HITLER’S LIGHTNING WAR](https://reader033.vdocument.in/reader033/viewer/2022051117/56815ce2550346895dcae59a/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
HITLER’SLIGHTNING
WAR
![Page 2: HITLER’S LIGHTNING WAR](https://reader033.vdocument.in/reader033/viewer/2022051117/56815ce2550346895dcae59a/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Aug. 1939Hitler & Stalin sign a non-aggression pact
1. What did each leader gain from the secret pact?
• Hitler: Removal of threat from the east• Stalin: Take over of Baltics / no German threat
![Page 3: HITLER’S LIGHTNING WAR](https://reader033.vdocument.in/reader033/viewer/2022051117/56815ce2550346895dcae59a/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Sep. 1939Hitler invades Poland
• Blitzkrieg “Lightning War”- Using fast moving mechanized weapons & overwhelming force.
USSRGermany
2. What strategy did Hitler use to conquer Poland?
![Page 4: HITLER’S LIGHTNING WAR](https://reader033.vdocument.in/reader033/viewer/2022051117/56815ce2550346895dcae59a/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
April 1940Hitler invades Denmark &
Norway
•Distract the Allies & create a path to France through Holland, Belgium & Luxembourg
3. What was Hitler’s plan for conquering France?
![Page 5: HITLER’S LIGHTNING WAR](https://reader033.vdocument.in/reader033/viewer/2022051117/56815ce2550346895dcae59a/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
June 1940France Surrenders
•British civilians rescued Allied soldiers trapped there.
4. What happened at Dunkirk?
![Page 6: HITLER’S LIGHTNING WAR](https://reader033.vdocument.in/reader033/viewer/2022051117/56815ce2550346895dcae59a/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Sept. 1940German Luftwaffe begins
bombing British cities
•R.A.F. fighters & British resistance forced Germany to end the attack and focus East.
5. What was the outcome of the Battle of Britain?
![Page 7: HITLER’S LIGHTNING WAR](https://reader033.vdocument.in/reader033/viewer/2022051117/56815ce2550346895dcae59a/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Sept. 1940Italy moves to seize Egypt &
the Suez Canal
Feb. 1941Hitler sends Rommel to help
Italian troops seize Egypt and the Suez Canal
![Page 8: HITLER’S LIGHTNING WAR](https://reader033.vdocument.in/reader033/viewer/2022051117/56815ce2550346895dcae59a/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
6. What was the outcome of the fighting at Tobruk?
•In the beginning of ’42, the Brits pushed Rommel out of Tobruk.
•By the middle of ’42, Rommel regained Tobruk
![Page 9: HITLER’S LIGHTNING WAR](https://reader033.vdocument.in/reader033/viewer/2022051117/56815ce2550346895dcae59a/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
June 22, 1941Hitler invades the Soviet Union
•Terrible winters•“Scorched-Earth” policy by Soviets
7. How did Hitler’s invasion compare with Napoleon’s invasion of Russia?