defeat and suvival 39-40
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- defeat and suvival 39-40
- Phoney War
- preparations for aerial bombardment and collosal civilian casualties - BUT nothing happened
- RAF dropped leaflets
- Hitler was sidetracked by hit Scandinavian expedition
- predicted injuries - 1 million in 2 months
- 1.5 million evacuees
- more people killed by blackout
- 1.5 million unemployed
- 60% tax on income
- germany produced a lot of weapons and munitions, Britain produced nothing
- Norway Campaign
- wanted Norway for Iron Ore
- britain were unorganised:
- took soldiers from different units and loaded the ships poorly
- sank half of all of Germany's destroyers, losing only 3 of our own
- lowered morale in the end because we withdrew troops once Germany invaded France
- KEY FACTS: german material losses - heavy cruiser 2 light curisers 10 detroyers 6 U-Boats
- british figures - 1 aricraft carrier 2 cruisers and 7 destroyers
- attacked German ship 'Altmark' and rescued 300 British soldiers
- Fall of France and Dunkirk
- Began May 10 1940 - ended the Phoney War
- french were politically divded and had no overall strategy
- love morale - cold winter, lack of fighting and drunkeness
- HQ with no telephone meant slow messages
- diversion attack in North and then major attack in Ardennes forest
- Brussels surrendered on 14 May
- thousands of troops surrendered
- Battle of Britain
- britain could repair planes quickly due to established maintenance structure
- British hurricanesw and spitfires were just as good as german bf-109
- half of german planes were vulnerable bombers
- british had fewer pilots
- 50 radar stations
- 50 RDF stations
- 3 stages. 1: 10 July - The Channel Battle 2: August - Operation Eagle (attack on airfields) 3: September - London Bomber
- tactical error to bomb london, gave time to RAF for repairs
- German planes could only spend 30 minutes over England
- RAF lost - under 800 planes Luftwaffe lost - 1300 +
- Phoney War
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