HIST 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Dunkirk Evacuation, Mein Kampf, Phoney War
16 Jun 2017
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Terms: anschluss, mein kampf , schlieffen, maginot, boer, dunkirk, molotov, Ribbentrop, leningrad, stalingrad, barbarossa, minsk, smolensk, kursk, kiev, 10 pages, 2,500 words; double-sided, double spaced don"t forget requirements in syllabus. Themes: polish crisis, 1939, war 1940-1942 (german perspective, war 1943-1945 (allied perspective) March 1939, check map: clear that hitler"s next target would be poland. France + gb had drawn line at poland if you attack, we will go to war. Back in 1934, he had offered a non-aggression pact with poland to placate them + break their alliance with france. Poles agreed because happy that germany approached them with peace + was worried / afraid about su. So now hitler could go after his other territorial claims; deal with poland once he was done. Corridor and godansk (port city on polish coast) gave poland access to the sea (l->separates germany from eastern prussia)
