HSTR 240B Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Low Countries, Munich Agreement, Czech Lands
13 Sep 2016
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Steps towards war (all violating treaty of versailles: 16th march 1935: introduced conscription army grew 5x (went from 100,000 to. Hitler turned to poland: 1st september 1939: 1. 5 million german soldiers (60 divisions) poured over the. Polish border: 3 september 1939: great britain and france declared war on germany, 17th september 1939: stalin"s red army crosses poland"s eastern border, 24th august 1939: nazi-soviet non-aggression pact, blitzkrieg. Lightning warfare", rapid movement, tanks, motorized divisions, stuka bombers, civilian terror, 120,000 poles dead, significant german losses of men (11,000). Equipment, weapons, tanks: 6th october 1939: last polish military units surrendered. Hitler invaded denmark, which capitulated that day. Germans also invaded norway (fighting until 10th of june) The low countries: 10th may 1940 belgium, luxemburg, and the netherlands invaded, 14th may: netherlands surrendered, 28th may: belgium surrendered. France now divided into vichy (sound and east) under marshal petain and the occupied zone (north and west: fall of france = high point of hitler"s popularity.
