HIS325 Lecture 6 Dicussion By rhiwilson 1700 Poland divided into a series of partitions 1800 Finland belonged to the Russian Empire 1917 Finland declared independence during the Russian Revolution 1939 Hitler's Wehrmacht Invades Czechoslovakia 1939 Hitler believes he has the best chance at defeating the allies 1939 Soviet Union and Nazi Germany begin negotiations for a pact of neutrality 1939 Hitler-Stalin Pact signed 1939 Soviet Union expelled from the League of Nations 1939 A German ship, the Graf Spee, consistently attacked British shipping. 1939 Hitler began planning an invasion of Norway. 1939 Poland falls to German forces 1939 Hitler envisions Operation Fall of Gelb taking place. Period: 1939 to 1940 Sitzkrieg Period: 1939 to 1940 The Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union Period: 1939 to 1940 France lost 90,000 soldiers in the War of 1939-1940 Aug 31, 1939 Hitler used a manufactured incident to start the war. Sep 1, 1939 Hitler freed to enact his battle strategy and war begins Sep 3, 1939 Britain and France enter the war. Sep 17, 1939 Soviets entered fighting Period: Sep 17, 1939 to Sep 27, 1939 Luftwaffe and artillery rip through Warsaw. Sep 19, 1939 The encircled Polish forces destroyed Oct 6, 1939 All Polish resistance ended. 1940 Soviet forces able to crack Finnish defenses. 1940 Altmark, a German tanker, is captured off the coast of Norway. 1940 Germany invades Scandanavia 1940 Hitler had to deal with Britain and France 1940 Two Lftwaffe crash in Belgium and the plans for the Fall Gelb are compromised. Apr 9, 1940 Copenhagen fell to German forces Apr 9, 1940 Germany forces stormed across the North Sea to invade Norway. May 10, 1940 Hitler set the date for D-Day, which was an assault on the Belgian fortress of Eben Emael May 10, 1940 Winston Churchill named Prime Minister. Period: May 10, 1940 to May 14, 1940 German Panzer nudge forward along the Ardennes May 14, 1940 France sent into a panic due to the German forces crossing the Meuse and the increased Luftwaffe attacks. May 15, 1940 Germans streamed forward against demoralized French forces. Period: May 24, 1940 to May 26, 1940 Hitler issue orders to halt the Panzer so that the infantry and supplies can catch up. Period: May 26, 1940 to Jun 4, 1940 337,000 allied soldiers escaped as both naval and civilian soldiers shuttled soldiers across the English channel Jun 10, 1940 Italy declared war on France Jun 22, 1940 France surrendered 1942 Franz Halder envisions the attack 1942 Franz Halder envisions Operation Fall of Gleb taking place. 1942 Heinz Guderian wrote a book titled Achtung Panzer on tank warfare