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AWESOMENESSS!! This is a that i made of the things that the british didi to prepare for war to protect the civilians from bombings from the german armies.

This image is one of the Royal British Army which is very important in the notes that i took on this chapter. They had a lot of wins and loses in the wars.

This is an image that relates to the first section of my notes that is on how hitler and his german army invaded poland and took them over with much force as we see in the picture.

Notes: C1 · Aim was to smash defenses with sudden intense strike · Started with bomber plane, blew up road rail road factory · Germans went to fight polish · **Stuka** bomb · Germany had captured west Poland 17 sep · 28th surrender
 * blitzkrieg**

suffering of the poles · civilians and soldiers were in the fighting · 80/112 at one time were women and children · Burnt down small towns · corpse heaped in streets · 66,000 **poles** killed

· France and Britain were supposed to defend Poland · was hard to due because of unready army and distance · did nothing to stop them · got ready to fight Germany in west Europe · many **evacuated** from cities to the country side · night time black out so no lights used a nights · people always had **gas masks** · no war came for 6 months though
 * The phoney war**

C2 Germany attacks Norway · Germany attacked Norway · Hitler orded attack on **British Royal Navy** in Norway · British wanted to stop iron from getting to Germany · Germany captured many places · **Winston churchhill** came to prime minister

Germany attacks the west · Hitler then orderd attack on western Europe · **Operation yellow** to smash france and make Britain surrended · Used blitzkrieg · Invaded French from mountains and French had to retreat to **Dunkirk** · Boatsorganized to move soldiers from Dunkirk · Abandon many things like weapons vechiels and also people

The fall of france · Germans new attack on France · **Mussolini** lunched attack on france too · French government fled · **Marshal petain** sigend armstice with germans · Germans occupied north and south · Petain was governing the south

Britain alone · Germanhad conqured 6 nations in one year · Only Britain was still at war · Hitler offered to make peace but Britain rejected them · Bretish prepared to resist invasion · 1 mill men joined the home guard · all iron was taken form everywhere to make tanks and weaponsbritain as ready to stand alone against germany

C3

· two 100,000 men armies from germany at ports · Luftwaffe had the most vital part(planes) · They hard to win airspace so Britain could not sink their ships · 3000 VS 700 looked a if germans would in airspace easily
 * Operation Sealion**

Battle of Britain · germans attempted to bomb London but RAF stopped them · **luftwaffe** would now only make attacks over night · RAF had kept control of the air over Britain · Luftwaffe dropped bombs on many major cities and railways · These were known as the blitz

The **Blitz** · Everyone in Britain was issued a gas mask · Air raid shelters had been made · Air raid sirens were also put in  · Black out regulations were also still in place · Barrage balloons were placesd above cities · The blitz did much less than people thought it would · 60,000 in 5 years were killed

C4

Importance o f the Mediterranean · mussolini wanted the land around **Mediterranean** · to turn Mediterranean into an itlian lake · was vital trade route for british · hitler also believed it belonged to italy · the three countries were involved in a struggle for the Mediterranean

War in the Balkans · rome-berlin axis · Hitler over shadowed him however · Mussolini went against Hitler’s demand and attacked Greece · It failed and soon after British attack Italian ships · BRN had control of Mediterranean · Hitler went to help Mussolini · Germany invaded Greece and Yugoslavia · Germany got control of both of them

War in north Africa · Italy invaded Egypt where British and allies were · Out numbered 10-1 British still fought · Attack took Italy by surprise- defeated · British destroyed Italian army and advanced 800Km · British were driven back to Egypt border · Germans invaded **soviet union** and the war then widened into a struggle for world power.

Questions 1. Describe the tactics of Blitzkrieg 2. What happened to France when invaded? 3. What was the phoney war? 4. Why did the Mediterranean have a big influence on the war? 5. How did the British prepare for war?

Summary Germans Used blitzkrieg to take over many smaller countries in Europe. France and Britain then prepared fro war against Germany but no war came for 6 months. France was taken over and Britain prepared for war alone. Britain fought very well because they were prepared for the war. May more battles occurred and eventually Germany declared war on the Soviet Union, which changed the war into a global one.