CAS IR 349 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu Ii, Operation Sea Lion, Reza Shah
The World at war again 1941-1943: April 19
Africa in WW2:
- British mobilization (10,000)- only later in the phases of the war did African
soldiers be properly utilized.
- Osei Tutu II (Ghana): He encourages Africans to get involved with the thought
that this time war may be different. That nationalist efforts would produce
greater or total independence
- Me fro Afria ere deployed to the North Afria Capaig ad the East
African campaign.
- 1940: East African campaign, expelling Italians from Ethiopia
- It is significant to know about this mobilization because different parts of
African troops came together to fight the Fascist regime In East Africa
Campaign.
- Keren (March 1941) –
Eastern Adventures:
- Ot. 94: No “ea Lio: Hitler has deided that Britai has take eough ad
so for the moment operation Sea Lion is put on hold and his focus will now be
eastward to Soviet Union
-March 1941: Initial plan for a spring offensive. It was a bad idea because it was
freezing. He wanted to take over Leningrad, Kiev and Moscow with his 3 soldier
troops. He wanted to attack the 3 because Leningrad was the symbolic place
for Communism, industrial city and a port city (near Sweden), Moscow because
it was its capital, railroad network centers in Moscow, Kiev because it is a
southern administrative center, close to Ukraine which heavily produced food,
- Italia glory: Mussolii gets i the iddle of Hitlers pla. Mussolii realizes
there is a place he can expand too- Greece. Early 1941, Italian troops go to
Greece and get defeated. Greece starts attacking Albania. Mussolini needs
assistae. Hitler had to help eause Mussoliis fall ould gie rise to those
who are against Fascism and have lose support. Hitler helps Mussolini.
- May 1941: Greece is under Fascism.
- June 1941: Operation Barbarossa (The name for the Soviet attack)
- Soviets get some hint when Admiral and Fascist leader in charge in Romania
begin to deploy their troop. But Stalin rejects all these signs. Even Winston
Churchill warns the Soviets.
A Double-Double Cross:
- Soviet forces: They were still ready despite no orders.
- German forces: They were more concentrated towards the West and East (UK
and Russia)
-5:3 infantry ratio
-3:2 Air force
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