nazi germany - successes in western europe
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- Created on: 09-06-22 22:28
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- German successes in Western Europe
- Ribbentrop
- gave misjudged assurances to Hitler that Britain and France would not go to war over the occupation of Poland
- both countries declared war when Germany did not agree to withdraw its troops
- Hitler had no other option but to extend the war to other fronts
- April 1940
- Denmark and Norway became the first casualties of Blitzkrieg
- allowed the German navy to gain strategic access to the North Atlantic
- even before the Polish campaign was over, plans were set in motion for invasion of Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg
- Denmark and Norway became the first casualties of Blitzkrieg
- German Panzers
- bypassed the Maginot Line and the French defences on the Belgian frontier
- rapid advance through the Ardennes Forest in June 1940
- France fell in June 1940
- the British
- Expeditionary Force pushed back to Dunkirk by late May 1940 and mainland Europe became fortress Germany
- speed and scale of the victories reinforced Hitler's belief that the Western war had ended
- and that Britain would accept a compromise peace
- conflict in the West eventually became global with the invasion of the USSR
- Ribbentrop
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