WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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They began to bomb London and other cities.
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They planned to launch their invasion of Britain from Denmark.
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They enlisted the help of the Italians to invade Britain.
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They enlisted the help of the Vichy French to invade Britain.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Adolf Hitler’s and Hermann Goering’s plans to destroy the Royal Air Force to allow an invasion of Britain were failing. In response to an RAF raid on Berlin, itself prompted by an accidental German bombing of London, they changed their tactics to the sustained bombing of civilian targets.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hitler was enraged and ordered the Luftwaffe to shift its attacks from RAF installations to London and other British cities. On September 7, the Blitz against London began, and after a week of almost ceaseless attacks several areas of London were in flames and the royal palace, churches, and hospitals had all been hit.
Detailed explanation-3: -Germany quickly overran much of Europe and was victorious for more than two years by relying on this new military tactic of “Blitzkrieg.” Blitzkrieg tactics required the concentration of offensive weapons (such as tanks, planes, and artillery) along a narrow front.
Detailed explanation-4: -Blitzkrieg is a term used to describe a method of offensive warfare designed to strike a swift, focused blow at an enemy using mobile, maneuverable forces, including armored tanks and air support. Such an attack ideally leads to a quick victory, limiting the loss of soldiers and artillery.
Detailed explanation-5: -A large number of river barges and transport ships were gathered together on the Channel coast, but with Luftwaffe aircraft losses increasing in the Battle of Britain and no sign that the Royal Air Force had been defeated, Hitler postponed Sea Lion indefinitely on 17 September 1940 and it was never put into action.