HIUS 3452 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Maginot Line, Lebensraum, Wehrmacht
21 Jul 2016
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Feb 1 2016: march 1939, britain and france declare support for poland if they are attacked by the germans. This means that hitler will trigger a europe-wide war if he attacks poland. Hitler"s credibility is on the line, he wants to take back danzig (formerly a. German city), crush the poles and seize lebensraum a. i. a. ii. Sterling seeks a deal with the nazis so hitler goes west instead of going towards. Russia the ussr gets half of poland and the baltic states as a result of the non- aggression pact e. Division a. i. a. ii. a. iii. a. iv. a unit of 10000 to 20 thousand soldiers subdivided into regiments or birgades capable of independent operations contains combat forces; artillery units; intelligence units; engineers ;logistics. Infantry a. iv. 1. a. native infantry plus combined services a. iv. 2. motorized and mechanized infantry a. iv. 2. a. capability to move on trucks; mobile artillery a. iv. 3. 150 to 250 tanks and mobile artillery a. v.
