BELLWORK: 9/7 List three reasons why Germany was successful in Poland. What lesson might the allies have taken from the Polish campaign that may have better prepared them to face Germany? How did operation Sickle Stroke differ from the Schlieffen Plan? Describe Operation Dynamo. Summarize France’s terms of surrender.
European Operations in WWII Poland, Western Europe and the defeat of France
List three reasons why Germany was successful in Poland.
Panzer German word - armor Used by Germans as an abbreviation meaning "armored fighting vehicle" or tank The full German word for "armored combat vehicle" is Panzerkampfwagen.
Following the main force, were units of the SS who were given orders to rid Poland of the “enemies of Nazism”
What lesson might the allies have taken from the Polish campaign that may have better prepared them to face Germany?
Operation Sickle Stroke
Operation Dynamo
Summarize France’s terms of surrender.
German expansion by 1940
Technology in European Theatre: German Enigma Machine How it works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2_Q9FoD-oQ How the Germans used it & Allies cracked it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb44bGY2KdU
HOMEWORK: due Monday! Read about “The Air War” and The Battle of Britain: pages 185-189. This is NOT on your operations worksheet, so take separate notes on: German plans/goals in attack on Britain Advantages/disadvantages of both sides The Blitz Use & effectiveness of strategic bombing U.S. support Outcome & effects