HSTR 350B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Operation Sea Lion, Aryan Race, Red Army

• School: University of Victoria
• Department: History
• Course: HSTR 350B
• Professor: Kristen Semmes

Document Summary

Poland september 1st 1939: 1. 5 million germans (60 divisions) poured over the polish boarder (cid:858)justified(cid:859) (cid:271)y. Polish (cid:858)atta(cid:272)ks(cid:859) o(cid:374) (cid:271)order radio statio(cid:374) at glei(cid:449)itz: this attack was fabricated by the nazis to give them a reason to retaliate and invade poland, 17th september 1939 ed ar(cid:373)y (cid:272)rosses pola(cid:374)d(cid:859)s easter(cid:374) (cid:271)order nazi-soviet. Non-aggression pact 23rd august 1939, secret division of poland, stalin gained the baltics: costs? (cid:1005)(cid:1006)(cid:1004),(cid:1004)(cid:1004)(cid:1004) poles dead. (cid:858)o(cid:374)ly(cid:859) (cid:1005)(cid:1005),(cid:1004)(cid:1004)(cid:1004) ger(cid:373)a(cid:374)s dead, but: sig(cid:374)ifi(cid:272)a(cid:374)t losses of equipment, weapons and tanks. Blitzkrieg lighting war, rapid movement and surprise, tanks, motorized divisions, stuka bombers, 6th october 1939: last polish military units surrendered. The low countires: 10th may 1940 luxemburg, belgium and the netherlands invaded 14th may. The story (cid:272)o(cid:374)ti(cid:374)ues : operation sea lion planned (not activated) invasion of britain, 14th september. 1940 postponed indefinitely: helped mussolini in greece o(cid:272)to(cid:271)er (cid:1005)9(cid:1008)(cid:1005) (cid:894)(cid:272)ause italy (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:859)t do shit o(cid:374) their own and tried to invade without informing hitler, occupied yugoslavia, but partisan challenges (april 1941)