LIGHTNING WAR
BY: CONOR DUDLEY
VERY important fact
- The main weaponry they used (besides guns) is tanks and planes
DESCRIBE THE LIGHTNING WAR
- The main countries the Nazis tried to defeat is Poland and Russia
- Yet the Soviet Union had somewhat helped France and other small countries make the Nazis surrender
- Later on in the war the United States of America got involved because the bombing of Pearl Harbor
WHAT WERE THE DATES OF THE WAR
- The main dates of the Lightning War was from 1939 to 1941
- The whole entire World War 2 (not including the causes) was from 1939 to 1944/45
- German forces surrendered April 29, 1945
WHAT WERE THE MAIN CAUSES OF THE LIGHTNING WAR
- Normandy
- Pearl Harbor
- The Holocaust
- The German invasion
FUN FACTS
- Russia and Germany practically helped each other win
- The lightning war is also known as blitzkrieg
- The Nazis strategy was having a weak centre and two powerful planks