Military strategies employed by Britain and Germany DONE BY AMELIA LAU, AUDREY GOH, TIZIANA TAN 3GY

BRITAIN The military strategies employed.

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BRITAIN - LAND Good foundation  Mobilised economy Armies Single army command (Might is combined) Element of surprise!

BRITAIN - SEA Large ships  use to counter Germany’s attack (operation Rheinbung) Midget submarines Code breaking Quick defense strategies

BRITAIN - AIR Defending multiple areas Smart investments of money Propaganda (: (: (:

GERMANY The military strategies employed.

GERMANY – LAND(Two main tactics that Hilter used) Barbarossa BLITZKREIG Operation Blue

Barbarossa The first version of the plan was to have a massive attack on Moscow – his primary target. He also wanted a secondary attack on Kiev and two masking attacks in the Baltic towards Leningrad and in Moldavia in the south. For the next version of the plan, he changed Marcks plan by having three thrusts; a major one against Moscow, a smaller attack on Kiev and a major attack on Leningrad. After taking Moscow and Leningrad, Halder wanted a move north to Archangel. After Kiev had fallen, he envisaged a drive into the Don/Volga region. The third and final variant was Hitler’s plan which he codenamed Barbarossa.

BLITZKREIG AIMS : >He wanted to fully develop and implement this strategy of Blitzkrieg or lighting war to ensure that Germany would never again be humiliated as they were in World War 1. >Hitler now had his military operation of Blitzkrieg to accomplish his goals of world domination.

STRENGTH: The only weapon that stopped the blitzkrieg of Germany was the very severe Russian winter. German and Hitler’s blitzkrieg military strategies were considered to be one of the most successful military tactics ever implanted in the history of warfare.

Operation blue Hitler drove east at the beginning of May Thrust was dynamic EFFECTIVENESS: 170,000 Russians taken prisoner in the first week

GERMANY - SEA Modern technology Cutting enemy’s supplies off Using good strategies from others

Operation Rheinubung AIMS: break into the Atlantic and attack Allied shipping, Was mainly not to defeat enemies of equal strength, but to tie them down in a delaying action, while preserving her combat capacity as much as possible, so as to allow more ships to get at the merchant ships in the convoy.

GERMANY - AIR Superior weaponary Modern design and technology

SIMILARITIES IN STRATEGIES EMPLOYED BY GERMANY AND BRITAIN Had well-planned strategies Increased war production Well-prepared Modern technology Propaganda Fast thinking BRITAIN Had well-planned strategies Increased war production Well-prepared Modern technology Propaganda Fast thinking

DIFFERENCES IN MILITARY STRATEGIES EMPLOYED BY GERMANY AND BRITAIN Used the latest and newest model for weapons Depended on heavy weapons War efforts at the expense of others DIFFERENCES IN MILITARY STRATEGIES EMPLOYED BY GERMANY AND BRITAIN Used weapons that were not very fast Depended on wit War efforts were voluntary BRITAIN

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bibliography http://historyworldwar2.com/blitzkrieg-hitler.html http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/operation_barbarossa.htm

WE USED WIKIPEDIA TOO :D AND BOOKS Stewart Ross The second world war Karen Farrington: The soldier’s war War at sea War for the air War Diaries

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DONE BY AMELIA LAU(2) AUDREY GOH(4) TIZIANA TAN() 3GY