HISB31H3 Lecture : Lecture 22
Document Summary
Supposed to be the first wave of campaign that envisaged the undertaking of. Air supremacy but aerial confrontation stopped plans for german plans to invade. Hitler gave german airforce another task to reorganize and prepare for eventual. Already planned - all wars were fought on a timeline. No choice from basis of german high command - forced to wrap up as britain and. Would be poland soviet union but had to deal with france and england. Wanted to see if they could defeat britain and have a free hand to the east. Decided that he would leave britain alone as they were an island, not on land. Opening campaign - poland (september - october 1939) in response to hitler"s aggression. Denmark & norway (january - june 1940) * blitzkreig - based on economic possibilities - cannot produce large numbers and engage on war on different fronts efficiently. Belgium, holland, france (may - june 1940)
