JWST 240 Chapter Notes - Chapter reading: Phoney War, Operation Barbarossa
Document Summary
Terror and suffering grew along with hitler"s empire as programs of killing became larger and more efficient. By the end of 1941, german mobile killing units would have murdered hundreds of thousands of jews in. Eastern europe - many of them shot into mass graves. Within days of the invasion of poland, both britain and. The british and french declared war on germany on. September 3 but initially remained inactive - this was known as the phony war. For hitler the war in the west was a prerequisite for grabbing land in the east and establishing german dominance in. In april 1940 the german army entered denmark, a small nation that surrendered without a struggle. They then went into norway and defeated them. They came from belgium in two directions - north and. In the provinces of alsace and lorraine, germany annexed and jews were singled out immediately and expelled.
