PPT-Blitzkrieg, the Fall of France, and the Dunkirk Evacuation

Mr Bhatt CHC 2DI December 6 2010 Why Was Germany So Successful Blitzkrieg Highly skilled tank divisions Large and effective air force Superior equipment Better tactical intelligence Blitzkrieg. be llumnuba sic html STORMTROOPERS To face the p oble with the dea dlo ck on the We ste n Front the Germ an s trie d a new a pproach Pionee r troop s the o ly element of the pre wa r a my experien with han d gre nade s an d trained fo r sie ge wa rfa Lesson Objectives . To understand what Blitzkrieg was and how it worked . To consider why . Blitzkrieg tactics . was so successful. Blitzkrieg means Lightning War . – it was an . attack. using both . Europe At War. Objectives:. How the Axis powers took Europe.. Europe under Nazi rule.. Hitler’s motivation for the invasion of the Soviet Union.. - Japan joined the Axis powers in 1940.. - Several Eastern European nations supported the Axis.. LO: . To decide whether Dunkirk was a success or failure. . . Hitler’s invading tactic was called BLITZKRIEG. It is German for “lightning war”. Why do you think it had that name?. How do you think these three pictures are linked?. Evacuation of Dunkirk. On your whiteboard, please write:. O. ne thing you’ve learned. One question. A British News Report, 1940. There were no journalists at Dunkirk and it was five days before the government allowed any reports to be made. Even then, journalists had to rely on what they were told by the government for information.. to . Dunkirk. On . 31 May, General Von . Kuechler. assumed command of all the German forces at Dunkirk. His plan was simple: he would launch an all-out attack across the whole front at 11:00 on 1 June. Strangely, Von . Part A. The lives of people on the Home Front were greatly changed by evacuation during World War II.. Select . any five sources from your pack..  . How useful and reliable are these sources in . explaining. The Battle for France and Britain. A Quick Refresher. Neville Chamberlain says “. Tisk. . tisk. Hitler you have taken too much land, promise me you will not invade Poland and I’ll cut you some slack for breaking the treaty of Versailles” . The Policy of Appeasement & the path to war. Versailles angered Hitler & many Germans. Hitler rises through the Nazi ranks. Becomes Chancellor in 1933. Fuhrer in 1934. Hitler wants revenge!. Systematic violations of Versailles. Western Campaign and battles at sea.. The Blitzkrieg. The success of the Blitzkrieg depended on two things:. 1) The better use and incorporation of technology then your enemy.. 2) Greater and more effective mobility.. Lesson Objectives . To understand what Blitzkrieg was and how it worked . To consider why . Blitzkrieg tactics . was so successful. Blitzkrieg means Lightning War . – it was an . attack. using both . dynamo. 27th May to 4th . June. 1940. The mass evacuation by the Royal Navy involved a still unknown number of amateur sailors who, for days, risked their lives alongside serving troops in a remarkable rag-tag flotilla of boats which helped ferry soldiers - trapped by Adolf Hitler's forces - back across the Channel. The Battle of Dunkirk. The Battle of Dunkirk was an important battle in the Second World War between the Allies and Germany. It started on the 26. th. of May 1940 and ended 4. th. of June 1940. .. (if . you are finished with . all questions). Invasion of France: . May 13, 1940. Ardennes Forest. Dunkirk. •. Evacuation at Dunkirk, June 4, 1940. France was the country Hitler most wanted to conquer and humiliate..