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How did the Nazis use the Ardennes to their advantage?
The defensive doctrine upon which France had built the Maginot Line wrongly assumed that an attack by Germany would be from the front as had been common in the Great War. The Ardennes was considered to be terrain that an attacker would not attempt. France had not fortified the Belgian route and by fienting at the fortified front and attacking through the Ardennes and the Low Countries, the German's Second Army Group was able to penetrate France in depth. The static defense had failed.
What was the name of the french defensive line?
'la ligne Maginot' (named after a Defence minister) was a line of fortifications along the German border, supposed to hold back a German invasion. Indeed, they took another route.
Why did world war 1 last 4 years and not 6 months?
Tactics, comrades, tactics! The Germans had expected to beat back the French on the western front before Russia had mobilized its troops, seeing as the Reds didn't have railroad systems. This would have prevented a war on two fronts, which is very preferable. The French and German armies were nearly evenly matched, gaining small amounts of land at a time in the trenches of No-Man's land. Then the British stepped in, and by the time Germany had figured out they really weren't going anywhere the Russians had made it to the Eastern front. The American forces joined in, and Germany's quick and easy route to victory was destroyed before their very eyes.
What major event caused the US to join the 2nd world war?
the Germans blocked the U.S's trade route with Britain and blew up out ships every time we came near the British isle to trade goods. the British also blocked off the way to the German ports with underwater explosives. so once the Germans blew up the Lusitania, the Americans were angered and pushed to the edge in which we joined the war on the Allies side, not the central powers
Why was Hitler expecting an allied attack at calais?
False radio traffic, made up troop movements and the highly visible presence of Patton- the American general most feared by the Germans.
