HIST 2013 Quiz: 10-21-15 - Lecture 2 - World War II
25 Aug 2016
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Poland develops 30-day strategy fight off germany for 30-days, britain and france will then be able to get their forces through the baltic sea and help: how it actually goes. Poland gives them hell for 30-days but france and britain don"t show up to help. France also could have invaded germany"s western border because there were no forces there since they were all in poland. Sitzkrieg period between when poland is conquered in 1939 and france is invaded almost 1 year later. The blitz: aerial bombardment of britain for approximately 8 months straight, first use of radar by britain to shoot down german planes. Operation barbarossa: june 1941 three thrusts leningrad, moscow and stalingrad, germany takes over 1 million soviet prisoners in the first month, encircling strategies successful at first, the endless steppe. The jewish question how to get rid of jewish populations. The final solution : the wannsee conference (1942) Discuss how to get rid of jewish population:
