Hitler’s Lightning War according to Dias

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Across
  1. 2. part of a strategy to strike at France, Hitler swept through the Netherlands, Belgium and ____
  2. 6. new strategy used by Germany during Poland war, also known as lighting war
  3. 8. country taken over and split by Germany and the Soviet Union
  4. 9. country that set out ships to rescue the army
  5. 10. country north of Poland that resisted Stalin’s attacks
  6. 13. country France and England declared war on
  7. 14. capital of Poland
  8. 18. overwhelmed by the German attacks, the Allies retreated to ____
  9. 19. leader that signed a nonaggression pact with Hitler
Down
  1. 1. german general that reinforced Italy with tanks to fight Britain
  2. 3. country that enters war and aids the Allies fighting Germany
  3. 4. name of operation to invade the Soviet Union
  4. 5. country that drew the United States into the war
  5. 7. over 2.5 million civilians were starved by Hitler in this Russian city
  6. 11. country in North Africa invaded by Mussolini
  7. 12. country Hitler surprise attacked April 9, 1940
  8. 15. after turning his mind into an invasion of Great Britain, his first plan was to knock out the ___
  9. 16. part of strategy to attack the Soviet Union, Hitler moves to expand his influence in the ____
  10. 17. technology owned by Britain that gave them an advantage against the Germans