History 1810E Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Phoney War, Madagascar Plan, Blitzkrieg
27 Sep 2017
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Isolation of jews: 3km square held approx. half a million, only ate about 100cal a day. Interlude followed defeat of poland: peace overtures, some clashes: admiral graf spee(ship, attacked transport boats, engaged in south africa, captai(cid:374) su(cid:374)k ship so they (cid:449)ould(cid:374)"t (cid:271)e taken by royal navy. Invaded denmark first: no defenses: vidkum quisling: led puppet govt. Churchill to power: churchill not always trusted, determination not to lose made him the right leader in wartime, (cid:862)we will ne(cid:448)er urre(cid:374)der(cid:863, seen as irresponsible, self serving, dangerous, too eager for war. Vichy regime: marshall phillippe petain, petain defeatist, armistice terms: disarm army (100 000) 60% of france handed to germans, france no longer an ally of gb but also technically not an ally of gb. Invasion of soviet union: operation barbarossa: june 1941, lebensraum, planned to defeat su in 3 months, retreat but no surrender, german supply problems, end of the ns pact, moscow and leningrad main targets.
