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Mind Map by Grace Evans, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Grace Evans
almost 10 years ago
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History - Changing Nature of Warfare -
Land Warfare
- Blitzkrieg
- key Features
- Phase One
- Stuka dive bombers were sent in to soften up the
enemy, destroy all rail lines, communication
centre and all major rail links
- Stuka dive bombers were sent in to soften up the
enemy, destroy all rail lines, communication
centre and all major rail links
- Phase Two
- The German troops moved in using tanks, motorbikes,
armoured cars and the planes withdraw only at the last
minuet so the enemy did not have time to recover their
senses when the tanks and infantary attack.
- The German troops moved in using tanks, motorbikes,
armoured cars and the planes withdraw only at the last
minuet so the enemy did not have time to recover their
senses when the tanks and infantary attack.
- Phase One
- Blitzkrieg in Russia
- Germany's Success
- The speed of the German attacks
took Russia by surprise
- Stalin hadn't prepared
for such an invasion
- The Luftwaffe established
control of the air so were
able to support the
Germans
- Their Panzer tank
units advanced up to
20 miles a day
- By November 1941 the Germans
were threatening Moscow,
Leningrad and Kiev
- The speed of the German attacks
took Russia by surprise
- Germany's Failures
- The Germans ran short of
supplies as the Soviets
adopted a "scorched
earth" policy as they retreated
- The soldiers were only equipped with summer
uniforms. More than 1 million men suffered from
frostbite
- The operation was too ambitious
- There was not enough time
to achieve the objectives
before winter
- There was not enough time
to achieve the objectives
before winter
- The temperatures rarely rises above
freezing in the Russian winter, the
Germans were totally unprepared
- The Germans ran short of
supplies as the Soviets
adopted a "scorched
earth" policy as they retreated
- Germany's Success
- Means "Lightening War"
- First used by the Germans in WW2 (1939)
- Based on speed,
surprise, co-ordination
and movement
- It was designed to be
hit hard and move on
instantly
- It was designed to be
hit hard and move on
instantly
- Its aim was to create panic
amongst the civilian population
- Poland was defeated in 4 weeks and
France was defeated in 6 weeks
- key Features
- D-Day
- Key Features
- Preparations
- The Allies took extensive
photos of the Normandy
area in order to pick the 5
best beaches
- Operation Fortitude
- Fake army base at the coast
- Pretended to make preparations
to cross the channel
- Used blow up tanks and model planes
- Aim was to trick the
Germans into thinking the
Allies would cross to
Calais
- They also bombarded Calais before hand and had
double agents send messages saying Calais was the
intended target
- They also bombarded Calais before hand and had
double agents send messages saying Calais was the
intended target
- Fake army base at the coast
- Mulberry Harbours
- Floating harbours dragged along the
channel to Normandy for supplies
- Floating harbours dragged along the
channel to Normandy for supplies
- PipeLine Under The Ocean (PLUTO)
- The Allies took extensive
photos of the Normandy
area in order to pick the 5
best beaches
- On the Day
- Execution
- 7,000 naval vessels crossed the channel
Normandy early on the morning of the 6th June
carrying 20,000 men
- Landed on 5 different beaches
- Paratroopers landed in Normandy on the night of the 5th June to
cut communications and secure key bridges
- 7,000 naval vessels crossed the channel
Normandy early on the morning of the 6th June
carrying 20,000 men
- What Happened
- New Technology
- "Hoberts Funnies"
- The bobbin
- Laid down a track so cars could
drive over the sand
- Laid down a track so cars could
drive over the sand
- The Flail
- Mechanical arms churned up the
ground to explode mines safely
before troops walked across
- Mechanical arms churned up the
ground to explode mines safely
before troops walked across
- The bobbin
- "Hoberts Funnies"
- New Technology
- Successes
- Execution
- Preparations
- Key Features
- Arab-Israeli Conflicts
- 6 Day War
- Yom Kipur War
- 6 Day War
- Guerrilla Warfare
- Afghan-Soviet
- Vietnam
- Afghan-Soviet
- 1st Gulf War
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