BLITZKRIEG
- Blitzkrieg means "__________________ war".
- Blitzkrieg was first used by the __________________ in World War Two
- Tactic based on __________________ and __________________
- needed military __________________ based around light __________________
units supported by __________________ and __________________
(__________________ soldiers).
- resulted in the __________________ and __________________ armies being
pushed back in just a few __________________ to the beaches of
__________________ and the __________________ army being devastated in the
attack on __________________
MAGINOT LINE
- a vast __________________ that spread along the __________________ border but
became a military liability when the __________________ attacked __________________
in the spring of 1940 using __________________
- The main thrust of __________________ military policy was to embrace the power of the
__________________.
- France should build a long line of __________________ along the whole
__________________ border which would be both __________________ and
__________________ into __________________.
- __________________ of __________________ Defence (CFD). The CFD was given the
funding to build __________________ sections of an __________________
__________________ line – which was to develop into the __________________ Line.
Arguments for the Maginot Line
- The Line would hinder any German __________________for so long that the bulk of the
large __________________ army would be fully __________________ to
__________________ the __________________.
-The troops __________________ in the Line would also be used to fight against the
__________________ Germans should they get through any one part of the
__________________ and attack them from the rear.
- All the fighting would take place near to the __________________border so that there
would be __________________ damage to __________________.
- The __________________ in the north would act as a natural __________________ of
the __________________Line as it was considered __________________, so the Line need
not go all the way to the __________________.
What was the Maginot Line?
- comprised of over __________________ separate buildings but was dominated by large
__________________ (known as ‘__________________’) which were built about nine
miles from each other. Each ouvrage housed __________________ soldiers with artillery.
- protected by __________________ steel that was inches deep and capable of taking a direct
hit from most known __________________ fire.
- In theory, the Maginot Line was capable of creating a massive continuous line of fire that
should have devastated any attack.
Failures of the Maginot Line
- it was obviously not mobile and it assumed that the Ardennes was __________________.
- One in seven French divisions was a fortress division - so the Maginot Line took out
__________________ of the French Army.
DUNKIRK
-The German army had surrounded and trapped most of the allied forces in the
__________________ corner of France.
- Despite severe causalities the British troops could not __________________ as their
__________________ routes were all __________________.
- 14 May, German Army burst through the __________________and advanced rapidly to the
__________________ toward Sedan, then turned __________________ to the
__________________ __________________, effectively flanking the Allied forces.
- After reaching the Channel, the Germans swung __________________ along the coast,
threatening to __________________ the ports and trap the __________________ and
__________________ forces before they could __________________ to
__________________.
- Hitler ordered his __________________ to halt for __________________ days, in a
successful effort to maintain __________________ over them, giving the Allies time to
organize an __________________ and build a __________________ line.
- Despite the Allies' gloomy estimates of the situation, in the end, over __________________
Allied troops were rescued by __________________ __________________using
everything from __________________ to __________________ __________________.
- Winston Churchill hailed the __________________ as __________________.
- the French were forced to __________________ and within __________________weeks
Germany had __________________ __________________.