Adolf Hitler began his rise to power in september of 1919 leading the early Nazi Party. The Nazi party expressed extreme nationalism, hence the name “National Socialist Party,” among other ideals. He eventually grew to becoming chancellor of Germany in March of 1933. Hitler wanted to build up Germany to a greater country. He believed he could build the Third Reich, he wanted to rebuild the Holy Roman Empire in Germany. For him to make Germany great, he needed lebensraum. To obtain lebensraum Hitler and his German army created a new style of warfare; blitzkrieg.
Hitler’s blitzkrieg worked as an impatient style of war in that it wanted to used brute forces and speed to confused and conquer unsuspecting enemies. War units were designed to reign …show more content…
The invasion played out exactly as planned. The plan was to send in a division of panzer units to break through the enemy lines. Those panzer breakthroughs made room for four separate attacks directly headed for warsaw and Brest-Litovsk to begin. Two attacks headed for Warsaw from Germany, and two for Brest-Litovsk from Czechoslovakia and East Prussia. The invasion worked out very well from the start. The polish air force was eliminated by the luftwaffe in two days, and the panzer units successfully cut through to their desired locations, and the stuka dive bombers proved their worth, and worked very successfully. The Soviet Union joined in from the east, the only border Germany could not attack from. The Nazi-Soviet pact ensured help from the Soviets in Germany’s invasion. Poland had no defense to Hitler’s blitzkrieg. The polish army wasn’t large enough or strong enough to defend Germany’s attack. Polish cavalry tried to defend against panzer units, but were easily brushed aside. On September eighth 1939 Nazi troops met at Warsaw, and began advancing on Warsaw. Warsaw did not surrender, but after the german war machine was unleashed onto warsaw they eventually surrendered. This was on September 27th. On the other hand Brest-Litovsk surrendered on September the 17th when the outer pincer met outside of
Hitler’s blitzkrieg worked as an impatient style of war in that it wanted to used brute forces and speed to confused and conquer unsuspecting enemies. War units were designed to reign …show more content…
The invasion played out exactly as planned. The plan was to send in a division of panzer units to break through the enemy lines. Those panzer breakthroughs made room for four separate attacks directly headed for warsaw and Brest-Litovsk to begin. Two attacks headed for Warsaw from Germany, and two for Brest-Litovsk from Czechoslovakia and East Prussia. The invasion worked out very well from the start. The polish air force was eliminated by the luftwaffe in two days, and the panzer units successfully cut through to their desired locations, and the stuka dive bombers proved their worth, and worked very successfully. The Soviet Union joined in from the east, the only border Germany could not attack from. The Nazi-Soviet pact ensured help from the Soviets in Germany’s invasion. Poland had no defense to Hitler’s blitzkrieg. The polish army wasn’t large enough or strong enough to defend Germany’s attack. Polish cavalry tried to defend against panzer units, but were easily brushed aside. On September eighth 1939 Nazi troops met at Warsaw, and began advancing on Warsaw. Warsaw did not surrender, but after the german war machine was unleashed onto warsaw they eventually surrendered. This was on September 27th. On the other hand Brest-Litovsk surrendered on September the 17th when the outer pincer met outside of