KQ-5 Why was Germany easily able to invade Eurape

Question 1

Why, when and how did France fall so quickly?

(There are multiple answers to this) -use ur brain to see the reasons why france died

Answer 1

France got invaded on 12 May 1940, surrendered on the 22 June 1940,

Lost 40% of their army, and lost 80% of their equipment

1. France fell quickly due to the French politics being on the Left-wing side, choosing loyalty over competence.
2. France did not modernise their army, they had stuck with sending messages via motorbikes instead of radio
3. French stuck with WW1 doctrine which was to have all strong units along the frontline instead of putting stronger units in weaker spots
4. France neglected the Ardnesses, which was left undefended due to the French believing that it was impossible for German armoured spearheads to penetrate a thick forest.
5. Reversal of the Schlieffen plan.
6. French and BEF got slowed down by 8 million refugees
7. Germans built pontoon bridges, making destroying bridges ineffective.

Question 2

When did WW2 start?

Answer 2

1st September 1939

Question 3

When did Hitler invade Czechoslovakia and when did Italy invade Albania? (same answer)

Answer 3

March-April 1939

Question 4

When did Britain and its commonwealth nations declare war on Hitler?

Answer 4

3rd September 1939

Question 5

When did France invade the Saar?

Answer 5

7th September 1939

Question 6

When did Russia invade the Baltics (Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia)

Answer 6

30 November 1939

Question 7

What was the Phoney war?

Answer 7

An 8 month period from September 1939 to 9th April 1940 when Germany invaded Denmark and Norway to secure its Iron ore supply.

Question 8

When did Hitler move to the low-lands (belgium) and when did Winston become PM?
(same answer)

Answer 8

10 may 1940

Question 9

When did France get invaded?

Answer 9

12 may 1940

Question 10

When did Mussolini invade southern France and North Africa?
When did Italy declare war on France and England?
(same answer)

Answer 10

10 June 1940

Question 11

When did France surrender?

Answer 11

22 June 1940
Lost 40% of its entire Army,
Lost 80% of its equipment

Question 12

What is Blitzkrieg and how did it work?

Answer 12

Blitzkrieg was an effective multi-effort of Infantry, artillery, armoured divisions, aircraft and motorised infantry to overwhelm the enemy, provoking shock and chaos. Surprise. Speed. Superiority by firepower.

How Blitzkrieg worked:

1. Intel the enemy, bridges, key locations
2. Agents sent to scout the landscape
3. Invade
4. Military police is sent to deal with the refugees so they do not slow down military progress
5. Mass use of tanks, Airforce (usually deployed first) is sent to bomb the enemy
6. Infantry and artillery follow the tanks
7. Terror bombing

Question 13

When did Germany invade Poland?

Answer 13

1st September 1939

Question 14

When did Poland get invaded by USSR?

Answer 14

17 September 1939

Question 15

When did Poland formally surrender?

Answer 15

27 September 1939

Question 16

When did the Battle of Britain happen?

Answer 16

10 July 1940 to 31 October 1940

Question 17

What was the German offensive to invade mainland England?

Answer 17

Operation Sealion

Question 18

Why did Germany want air superiority over the English Channel?

Answer 18

Because the Kriegsmarine (German Navy) could not match with the Royal Navy, the Royal Air Force had fewer aeroplanes than the Germans.

Question 19

What was the main advantage Germany had over the English?

Answer 19

Had a lot more number of aeroplanes than Britain

Question 20

What are some reasons why the RAF won the BOB?

Answer 20

The British had radar, which meant that there was no need to deploy scouting planes which cost resources,

Germany did not see radar as something useful, so they did not bomb or destroy them.

The RAF fought on the homeland, meaning that they could do multiple sorties

Germany lost more experienced crew due to mainly flying bombers which had more than one person

Question 21

What was the consequence of the Night attacks have on Germany?

Answer 21

Germany accidentally bombed a civilian area, which lead to the RAF retaliating in the light bombing of Berlin, which lead to the Blitz

Question 22

RAF and Luft Waffe size comparison

Answer 22

2,000 German planes + bombers : 600 RAF planes

Question 23

When did the first attack happen? + When was the main attack on BOB?

Answer 23

10 June 1940

13 August 1940

Question 24

When did the Blitz happen?

Answer 24

7 September 1940

Question 25

What was Operation Dynamo? + plus, any French and British got trapped?

. Why did the British not want to surrender the BEF to the Germans?

> How many small boats came to the rescue?

-When did the evacuations happen?

= Why did Hitler stop his advance?

+ how much stuff did the British leave behind?

Answer 25

An objective to rescue the experienced BEF forces stranded on Dunkirk
+ 338,000 Stuck

. Because the BEF was experienced

> 700-750 boats

• 26 May 1940

= Stopped to replenish the army and gave 2 days for the evacuation to take place

+70% of their equipment on the shore