Major Events Of World War 2

[need4speed6490]

Please give a short description and tell the signifigance of the following events. Thanks again.


1) Soviets signn non- agression pact with Germany.

2) German invades Poland

3) Battle of Dunkirk

4) Battle of Britain

5) US congress approves the lend-lease program

Anything helps thanks.

[Gnomey]

Nazi-Soviet Non-aggression pact --> http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/pact.htm

German invasion of Poland --> http://www.worldwar2database.com/html/poland.htm

Dunkirk --> http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/dunkirk.htm

Battle of Britain --> http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Alley/5443/bofb1.htm

Lead Lease --> http://www.classbrain.com/artteenst/...ticle_83.shtml

Hope those help. If you want anymore information, I'd advise you search on any of the major search engines and see what you find.

Gnomey

[Kiwiwriter]

1. Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact: this truce between two bitter enemies, Nazism and Communism, enabled Hitler to invade Poland and then the West without having to worry about watching his back. In addition, the Soviets obediently provided Hitler with supplies, and were allowed to gobble up Eastern Poland, the Baltic States, and a piece of Romania.
2. German invasion of Poland, September 1939. Germans conquered the nation in less than a month. Their use of air power, armor, and mobile warfare impressed and shocked other nations, but apparently had little impact on the French. The invasion was followed by colossal butchery: millions of Poles and Jews were slaughtered in concentration camps.
3. Dunkirk, May 1940. The British successfully evacuated their two corps of troops and French forces under German attack and air bombardment. Saving the force gave Britain a manpower reserve to defend itself against invasion and the nucleus of the army that invaded France in 1944. The British nation as a whole went out to save their troops in the famous “Little Ships.” The evacuated troops left behind their arms and equipment, but the battle was a moral victory for the British, as they came together as never before, determined to fight behind Churchill.
4. Battle of Britain, August-October 1940. First major defeat for Germany. Luftwaffe fails to gain air superiority over British soil, which forces Hitler to cancel plans to invade the British Isles. Hitler’s line of easy victories comes to an end. Next stop: Russia.
Lend-Lease Act: This enabled America to supply arms and equipment to the British without them paying for it. That in turn enabled Britain and other allies (Russia and France, later) to re-equip their forces, in the Soviet case, after huge losses in battle, in the French case, to modernize after Torch. Lend-Lease also led to standardization of Allied war effort and its logistics chain – all Allied powers used American jeeps, trucks, halftracks, tanks, jerricans, and so on.

[Devil]

Is it true that Hitler thrown into fire by his own men after he killed himself

[morse1001]

Originally posted by Devil@Mar 22 2005, 08:05 PM
Is it true that Hitler thrown into fire by his own men after he killed himself

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he gave orders that both his and Eva brauns bodies were to be burnt. this was carried out

[BrianP]

Hitler didn't want his body to be a punching bag for the Russians.

[Kiwiwriter]

Originally posted by Devil@Mar 22 2005, 04:05 PM
Is it true that Hitler thrown into fire by his own men after he killed himself

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His body was cremated on-site. There are several books on the subject, with details varying. The witnesses present were under the highest level of stress, but the convergence is the same: the body was taken up the stairs to the bomb-blasted yard near the Fuhrerbunker, doused with gasoline, and burned. They didn't do a good job of it, as it was not incinerated thoroughly, and the Soviets found enough bones to make an indentification. There was even less fuel to eliminate the cadavers of Goebbels and his wife. Of all the descriptions I've read, Joseph O'Donnell's The Bunker has the best comment on the scene, quoting the Prophet Isaiah on the bizarre tableaux.

[Gotthard Heinrici]

Originally posted by Kiwiwriter+Mar 23 2005, 04:13 PM-->

His body was cremated on-site. There are several books on the subject, with details varying. The witnesses present were under the highest level of stress, but the convergence is the same: the body was taken up the stairs to the bomb-blasted yard near the Fuhrerbunker, doused with gasoline, and burned. They didn't do a good job of it, as it was not incinerated thoroughly, and the Soviets found enough bones to make an indentification. There was even less fuel to eliminate the cadavers of Goebbels and his wife. Of all the descriptions I've read, Joseph O'Donnell's The Bunker has the best comment on the scene, quoting the Prophet Isaiah on the bizarre tableaux.

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I've read O'Donnells book and its a good read although I have read another book containing a rebuttal of facts in "The Berlin Bunker" which I shall dig out and make reference to tomorrow (head like a sieve). The cremations were botched up, I believe the Driver Kempka and Hitler's valet Linge were the ones to do it and in order to set the bodies on fire, they threw lighted paper from the entrance to the bunker as it was dangerous to be out in the garden where the bodies were. I assume that snipers were around.

What I find ironic about Hitler's Death in Berlin is that the City had no recognised wehrmacht or German SS formations defending the leader of the 3rd Reich at the end. There was a contigent of Frenchmen under General Krukenberg and elements of SS Nordland but other than that the rest were disorganised units and patched formations of second line troops and volksturm. The Army that had taken Hitler to the shores of the Atlantic and the Volga was noticeably absent at the end.

[morse1001]

The Berlin Bunker

it is written by a german journalist. ihad a copy but left it on a bus - nevr handed in!

[Kiwiwriter]

Originally posted by Gotthard Heinrici+Mar 23 2005, 01:36 PM-->

I've read O'Donnells book and its a good read although I have read another book containing a rebuttal of facts in "The Berlin Bunker" which I shall dig out and make reference to tomorrow (head like a sieve). The cremations were botched up, I believe the Driver Kempka and Hitler's valet Linge were the ones to do it and in order to set the bodies on fire, they threw lighted paper from the entrance to the bunker as it was dangerous to be out in the garden where the bodies were. I assume that snipers were around.

What I find ironic about Hitler's Death in Berlin is that the City had no recognised wehrmacht or German SS formations defending the leader of the 3rd Reich at the end. There was a contigent of Frenchmen under General Krukenberg and elements of SS Nordland but other than that the rest were disorganised units and patched formations of second line troops and volksturm. The Army that had taken Hitler to the shores of the Atlantic and the Volga was noticeably absent at the end.

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O'Donnell's book is good but not definitive. Two of its values are that it covers the experiences of the Bunker crew, which often are only covered in the context of thier relationship to Hitler. The second is his acidic writing, which is a suitable tone for the subject. As I said, accuracy on the final days of Hitler is tough. Everybody was tired, exhausted, and at a high level of hysteria and tension. The SS troops holding Berlin were an odd bunch, including many of the "Foreign Legions," including an English guy, Patrick Leslie Cornford, from the "Britische Freikorps!" They fought hard, with good reason...they knew that if they were caught, they would be shot -- if not by the Soviets, by their home nations, as traitors. They had nothing left to lose but their lives. Also present was Himmler's SS-Wach Battalion, fighting for the Reichstag, and a detachment of naval midshipmen in gold braid, flown down from Wilhelmshaven and other naval schools, most of whom had never seen a rifle or a rifle range. O'Donnell found only one survivor. Doenitz sent them as a birthday present to Der Fuehrer.