old cards i had on paper

Question 1

prepartion for the battle of france (allied)

Answer 1

maginot line (3bil francs)
tactics had not yet developed
allied str: 4k tanks,2.9k aircraft, 3.3m troops

Question 2

why were the russians unprepared for operation barbarossa

Answer 2

stalin refused to believe that a german offensive was coming and therefore had no defensive plans -told 43 times in 10 days

Question 3

why was hitler determined to invade the ussr

Answer 3

realised the only way to gain more lebensraun was to take the soviet union and racial views that aryan germans were superior to slavic people

Question 4

phases of the battle of britian

Answer 4

luftwaffe attack shipping convoys and radio stations
target 8th command- airfields and dogfights
luftwaffe switch to bombing cities along the coast
shifts to bombing london- RAF sucessfully fight off ger bombers
17th sep operation sealion postponed indefinitely

Question 5

impact of japan moving their troops into french indo-china

Answer 5

nth:blocked supply routes into china, provided japanese with base to begin expansion in SE asia
upset americans: embargo on some iron and steel to japan

sth: usa angy and puts more sanctions on japanese govt and an an embargo on all oil going to japan
japan relied on usa for 80% of oil
only had 2yrs of oil left in stockpile, told to withdraw from china ,french indo-china and sign non-agresssion