Chapter 16- Section 1 (Hitler’s Lightning War)
As an introduction to the opening of the World War II, you
are asked to move through a series of stations that will
allow you to become familiar with the following:
1) The Geography of War
2) The German Strategy of “Blitzkreig”
3) Germany’s Operation Barbarossa and the Siege Leningrad
4) The Battle of Britain
Station #1: Complete the Map (and color it according to the
instructions)
Station #2 – Blitzkreig
4 Elements of the Blitzkreig
1.
2.
3.
4.
WehrmachtLuftwaffe-
Draw a sketch of the military strategy of Blitzkreig (Based
on the description):
Station #3- Operation Barbarossa (Germany’s Soviet
Invasion)
Write down what you might think about the siege as it
streches into the 2nd year. (address questions from the
sheet)
Station #4The Battle of Britain (19_________ ---- 19___________)was a
battle fought………
Stage 1:
Stage 2:
Stage 3:
Stage 4:
Complete the Reading from Ch. 16 / Sec. 1 (Page 441-446)
Know:
Dunkirk
Charles de Gaulle
Operation Sea Lion
Lend-Lease Acts
Battle of Britain
Operation Barbarossa
Maginot Line
Winston Churchill
Neutrality Acts
Atlantic Charter
Blitzkreig
Sitzkreig