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Unit 1: Change and conflict (Ideologies and conflict 1918-1945)
Quick questions on Early stages of WWII in Europe, 1939-1941 (VCE Modern History Unit 1)
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What is polish campaign?Show answer
German Blitzkrieg (lightning war) tactics combining tanks (Panzers), motorised infantry and Stuka dive-bombers. Polish army defeated within four weeks. Soviet invasion from the east (17 September 1939) per the secret protocols of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.
What is adlertag 13 August 1940?Show answer
Major Luftwaffe attack on RAF airfields.
What is rAF strengths?Show answer
Spitfire and Hurricane fighters; Chain Home radar network; experienced pilots; integrated command and control under Dowding.
What is the Blitz?Show answer
German switch to bombing British cities. London bombed for $57$ consecutive nights from 7 September 1940. Coventry destroyed (November 1940).
What is hitler's strategic gamble?Show answer
Operation Barbarossa committed Germany to a two-front war. Combined with the US entry to the war after Pearl Harbor (December 1941), it ensured Germany's eventual defeat.
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