HIST 388 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Battle Of Greece, Francisco Franco, Communication Problems
22 Apr 2019
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After the defeat of france, hitler expected britain to accept the situation and he ordered the army to be reduced from 165 divisions to 120. The armoured divisions increased from 7 to 20. After the british rejected hitler"s peace o er on 19 july 1940, hitler ordered the preparation for an attack on the soviet union and reversed the reduction of the army. He actually wanted an increase to 180 divisions. Hitler conducted the battle of britain simultaneously as an attempt to persuade britain to agree to terms. There were doubts about whether a serious invasion had ever been intended. There was essentially no german navy to speak of. There was no way the germans could control a crossing of the channel. Therefore, it cannot be assumed that an invasion of britain was very seriously contemplated, esp. since the. The ghters actually tried to intercept the german bombers and couldn"t be taken out on the ground.
