Transcript Slide 1

The start of WWII: Czechoslovakia 1938,
Poland 1939, to the Blitzkrieg of 1940
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March
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the
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of
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1940,
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Germany
the
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ground
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the
Allies
moved
upthe
toofremaining
the
line;
The
French
its
coordination
overrun
lost
move
in World
and
by
by
the
Belgian
pushing
War
with
combined
1the
(The
forces
into
Soviet
Sudetenland)
the
Nazi
atUnion
Netherlands
Dunkirk
and
Soviet
invaded
were
which
forces
and
and
Germans
launched
spearhead
attacks
with
ferried
Belgium.
partitioned
that
was
now
converged
back
western
The
Poland.
toBEF
England
onCzechoslovakia,
it.
and
This
With
French
through
was
this
instigated
forces
the
a huge
as
French
who
a reason
rescue
bywere
and
a itto
Panzer
Divisions.
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was
Blitzkrieg
warfare,
operation
waiting
fake
British
move
“Polish
troops
who
byand
in
the
became
attack”
which
there
boarder
and
ships
Poland’s
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force
the
France
German
every
the
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size
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for
and
tothis
the
use
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to
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stop
toof
the
point
that
once
were
raced
was
invasion
capitulate
set
taken
into
up
declared
to
the
to
byhim.
get
besieged
the
war
troops
Nazi’s.
Theon
British,
countries
back.
Germany.
French,
and
A
BEF
attempted
Italians,
the Allies
were
routed,
there
was
no
way
forwas
to
sent
and
hold
Germans
totoFrance
the
lineall
to
there.
support
metdefensive
without
However
the coming
Czechoslovakia
this was
battle.
exactly
them
re-establish
positions.
With to
what
discuss
theits
Germans
capitulation.
wanted.
Essentially
this the
Germans
split
the
country inGreat
two,
Britain
and
France
gave
the
country
up
forfrom
captured Paris while the Italians invaded
“Peace
in and
our time.”
Howforced
wrongthe
theyAllies
would
the south
eventually
to be…
surrender or retreat to southern England from
Dunkirk.
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