london in ww2 Flashcards
what year did the spanish civill war start
1937.
what did hitler use the spanish civil war as an opportunity for?
to test out the “luftwaffe” (german airforce).
how many people were killed and injured in the spanish civil war?
1,654 killed and over 800 injured.
how did the spanish civill war change warfare?
civillians were now targets.
what month and year was Czechoslovakia invaded by hitler?
march 1938.
what did people expect as fear began to rise because of war?
that there would be heavy bombing of civillians.
what did london authorities do?
recruited wardens and volenteer firefighters and started blackouts.
how many anderson shelters where given out?
2 million.
where would hitlers suspected target be?
poland.
what did england and france say if hitler invaded poland?
that they would declare war
what period was known as the phoney war?
september 1939-march 1940.
where there any major military land operations in the phoney war period?
no,only britain sending troops to france
where did germany take over quickly?
norway, belgium, holland & france
what tactic did they use?
blitzkrieg (lightning war).
what is the blitzkrieg?
a swift, precise blast to an enemy
