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 +

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