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Mind Map by Rebecca Rodrigues, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Rebecca Rodrigues
almost 10 years ago
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Invasion of Poland
- Hitler thought France and Britain would continue appeasement
- Bradley Lightbody: "gross miscalculation"
- Invasion was a gamble
- German army was not at full strength
- Hitler dismissed his generals' concerns
- They thought France and Britain would attack
- There would be almost no army in Germany if this happened
- There would be almost no army in Germany if this happened
- They thought France and Britain would attack
- German army was not at full strength
- Invasion was a gamble
- Hitler was confident that victory would be swift
- Blitzkrieg offensive
- World's first armoured corps
- Blitzkrieg offensive
- He judged them to be weak and indecisive leaders
- Neville Chamberlain (Britain)
- Edouard Daladier
- Thought they would want peace not war
- Neville Chamberlain (Britain)
- Bradley Lightbody: "gross miscalculation"
- 1 September 1939
- 62 German divisions supported by 1300 aircraft invaded Poland
- Poland requests help from Britain and France
- Poland requests help from Britain and France
- 3 September 1939
- 3pm Britain declares war on Germany
- 5pm France declares war on Germany
- 3pm Britain declares war on Germany
- 62 German divisions supported by 1300 aircraft invaded Poland
- Germany and the USSR
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