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25 Cards in this Set
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German invasion of Poland |
September 1, 1939 |
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Soviet Intervention in Poland |
September 17, 1939 |
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Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact |
August 1939 |
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Hitler proclaims intention to punish "world Jewry" |
January 30, 1939 |
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Hitler's seizure of remainder of Czechoslovakia
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March 1939
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Hitler issues Directive No. 6 for the Conduct of the War
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October 9, 1939
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Stalin (Soviet Union) attacks Finland |
November 1939
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Battle of Nomanhan in Outer Mongolia
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August-September 1939
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Marshal Carl Mannerheim, Finnish Commander in Chief persuades govt. to accept Stalin's territorial demands
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13 March 1940
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Franz Halder |
Chief of Staff of German Army |
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Wilhelm Keitel |
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht - armed forces high command (OKW) |
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Heeres |
Army Von Bruchitsch Dominant service |
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Kreiggsmarine |
Navy Eric Raeder Conservative - not innovative |
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Luftwaffe |
Air force Goring - former WWI pilot ruthless drug addict |
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3 most important commanders of Polish invasion |
Rundstedt, Bock, Reichenau |
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Poland was weak but had advantage of |
very good espionage, Enigma cod cracking shared with French and British led to ULTRA |
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Poland easy to invade bc |
no natural border bordered by Germany on 3 sides Industrial region was adjacent to Germany |
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Soviets get _____ after Poland is conquered |
Lithuania - formerly Germanays under Nazi-Soviet Non aggression pact of 1937 becomes important later when Hitler invades Soviet Union in 1941 |
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Anglo French strategy is ____ after German invasion of Poland |
Blockade, but do not use required military operations, inaction |
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Directive No. 6 for The Conduct of the War |
Issued by Hitler, outlines territorial goals, go thru Low countries to defeat French Army - did not aim to overthrow France, but to get territories for bases - thought Brit appeasers couldn't take hard blows and France would collapse after brits. |
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Weserbung |
Operation Weser Hitlers plan to invade Scandinavia |
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Fall Gelb |
Case Yellow Hitler's attack on Western Europe |
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Gamelin |
French commander in chief moved hq to Vicennes away from front - lacked radio comm and land forces are elsewhere - collapse in command and control |
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The Breda Variant |
Gamelin moved troops from Ardennes, to Beligum, meant allies had no reserve troops when Germans attacked Ardennes |
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Plan for Fall Gleb |
Group A and B, whether or not to cross Meuse - decided to make operational choices in the field |
