Answer:
Although we know a great deal about the events surrounding Hitler's "Halt Order" at Dunkirk, the truth is that the reasons behind it are not completely understood by historians, even now.
It is a mistake, however, to think that the German army just stood around, watching the British Expeditionary Force being evacuated. They were fighting to reach the beaches the entire time the Allies were fighting to get off them. German artillery and aircraft shelled, bombed and strafed the troops on the beaches there without mercy.
Adolf Hitler's "Halt Order" actually just confirmed an order given by General Gerd von Rundstedt, commander of Army Group A (the main German force fighting in western France). In turn, von Rundstedt had issued his order at the request of his tank unit commander, who had lost almost 50% of his armoured forces and wanted to regroup. However, Hitler's "Halt Order" was more specific than von Rundstedt's. It specified that the line of Lens–Bethune–Saint-Omer–Gravelines "will not be passed".
This meant that some of the more advanced German units actually withdrew from positions that they had already taken. In particular, General Wilhelm von Thoma, Chief of the tank section of the Army High Command, was with the leading tanks near Bergues, and could look down into Dunkirk. He sent radio messages, asking to be allowed to push on, but was rebuffed.
It is true that the tanks were in a commanding position, but they were low on fuel, and without infantry support. They were also within range of British naval guns in the channel. Even a Panzerkampfwagen IV (PzKpfw IV) would be outmatched by a 4.5 inch naval shell! The tanks withdrew as ordered.
Hitler's own experiences in the trenches of the First World War were almost certainly a factor. By 24 May the troops had been fighting continuously for nearly a fortnight. Hitler knew how exhausting that could be.
Also, it is certainly true that the ground around the Dunkirk pocket, with its network of canals, was not ideal for tanks. The infantry needed time to catch up. General Franz Halder wrote in his diary:
"The Führer is terribly nervous. Afraid to take any chances."
General Halder's diary is also the source of the claim that Goering had persuaded Hitler to allow his Luftwaffe to finish off the encircled troops. His diary entry for 24 May states:
Finishing off the encircled enemy army is to be left to Air Force!
Halder's diaries have been translated and digitised, with the relevant entries for 24 May 1940 in Volume IV.
General Paul von Kleist met Hitler on the airfield at Cambrai a few days afterwards. He is supposed to have remarked that a great opportunity had been lost at Dunkirk. Hitler apparently replied:
"That may be so. But I did not want to send the tanks into the Flanders marshes".
There was also the belief among the German High Command that the war was already effectively won. A handwritten note from Major-General Alfred Jodl, the deputy chief of Hitler's planning staff still survives. It is dated 28 May and was written at Führer Headquarters to the labour minister Robert Ley. It states:
"Most esteemed Labour Führer of the Reich! Everything that has happened since May 10 seems even to us, who had indestructible faith in our success, like a dream. In a few days four fifths of the English Expeditionary Army and a great part of the best mobile French troops will be destroyed or captured. The next blow is ready to strike, and we can execute it at a ratio of 2:1, which has hitherto never been granted to a German field commander..."
After the war, perhaps not surprisingly, German generals vociferously blamed Hitler for the British "miracle" at Dunkirk. Even von Rundstedt placed the whole debacle at Hitler’s feet. This has led to the many theories about why Hitler had "allowed" the BEF to escape:
He wanted to secure better peace terms with Britain and look like a magnanimous gentleman (rather than a psychotic despot).
He needed the help of the British in the coming struggle against Communism.
Hitler sought to avoid killing Anglo-Saxons, whom he believed were "superior" to his other enemies.
...
These are, of course all utter nonsense and have been dismissed by all credible historians. Sadly, they still seem to be regularly trotted out by assorted Hitler apologists like David Irving, despite all the surviving evidence that should have condemned them to the dustbin of history years ago.
Even after the "Stop Order" was issued to the army on 24 May, the Luftwaffe continued to attack the troops on the beach at Dunkirk. Whether this was to allow Goering's Luftwaffe the final "glory" of defeating the BEF remains just speculation.
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Answer:
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Explanation:
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What can people do to raise awareness about Black History Month or the Civil Rights Movement?
Answer: Create a pamphlet/zine about the civil rights movement, then print copies of it and distribute them at your local library
Explanation:
what is the correct answer? what is Carver's greatest accomplishment
Answer:
there were quite a few
Explanation:
a. Pioneering Crop Rotation.
Inventing 300 Uses for Peanuts.
Becoming the “Peanut Man”
A Respected Counsel Among History's Great Names.
Service Above All.
b. Carver's biggest success came from peanuts. In all, he developed more than 300 food, industrial and commercial products from peanuts, including milk, Worcestershire sauce, punches, cooking oils and salad oil, paper, cosmetics, soaps and wood stains.
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List 5 ways that women’s
lives have changed since gaining suffrage in 1920
Answer:
A. Ability to vote
B. More educational opportunities
C. Higher wages
D. Better career opportunities
E. Increased involvement in religious activities
Explanation:
Which of the following was the MAJOR reason why the Ottoman Empire was so
successful in their expansion during the 15th & 16th centuries?
A) The surrounding people were too afraid of the Ottoman to oppose
them.
B) Due to trade the people of the surrounding area did not want to
defend themselves against the Ottomans.
C) The Ottomans were tolerant of diversity and believed in
assimilation, so as long as the conquered followed the Ottomans
Laws they were left to their own traditions.
D) The Ottomans destroyed their enemies.
can someone help? The Roman Empire was able to expand through?
force
cooperation
compromises
alliances
Answer:
force
Explanation:
why did Great Britain and France fail at avoiding war?
Answer:
Selfishness, cowardice, laziness.
Winston Churchill was screaming against what they were doing, but they thought that bad Adolfie would be satisfied if they let him swallow Austria and Checkoslovackia
When it was clear that he wasn't, they had to call Churchill to clean the mess they had done.
Explanation:
why was The soviet invasion of hungary significant to the cold war
Answer:
Bc it sparked a fight between the two thus ended up fighting
In "The Death of Emmett Till," Bob Dylan warns the reader about the harmful effects of racism and the dangers of being indifferent toward racism.
The correct answer to this open question is the following.
Indeed, we have no question here. It is just a statement, But there is no question at all.
What do you want to know? What is your question?
If this is a true or false question, then the answer is true.
It is true that in the song "The Death of Emmett Till," Bob Dylan warns the reader about the harmful effects of racism and the dangers of being indifferent toward racism.
This is a song that directly refers to the story of an African American man named Emmet Till. The lyrics of the song tell how white people dragged Emmet to a barn and made him suffer until he was dead. The story tells that the assassins went to trial but were pardoned.
Bob Dylan ends the song by saying that this is a story to remind people of not allowing those things to happen in the country.
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The 262 pilots claimed a total of _______ allied kills ??????
Answer:
542 Allied kills
Explanation:
Me 262 pilots claimed a total of 542 Allied kills (although higher claims are sometimes made). The Allies countered its potential effectiveness in the air by attacking the aircraft on the ground and while taking off or landing.
What was the 2nd reich?
Answer:
Germany formed by three wars. Denmark, France, and Austria Hungary. Rule by Kaiser Wilhelm 4 and military controlled by Otto Von Bismarck. He was keeping what Charlesmagne mantained. Military and power but peace.
Choose all of the terms that refer to an ethnic group in the Middle East/Southwest Asia.
A) Arab
B) Christian
C) Kurdish
D) Muslim
E) Persian
Answer:
A) Arabs
C) Kurdish
D) Persian
Explanation:
Ethnic groups are not based on religion but culture and race forms the ethnic group. Religion and ethnicity are different from each other but both contribute to define a culture.
There are three major ethnic group in the Middle East/Southwest Asia that include Arabs, Kurdish and Persian.
Arabs live in North Africa and Southwest Asia and are known as the largest ethnic group in the Middle East. They are majorly Muslim and Christians in the minority.
Kurdish people lives in Syria, Iraq and Turkey and follow the beliefs of Sunni side of Islam.
Persians mostly live in Iran and follow Muslim religion and are majorly Shia. Persian speak Farsi language.
Hence, the correct answer is "A) Arabs
C) Kurdish
D) Persian".
Answer:
Arab Kurdish Persian
Explanation:
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One of the people most influential in bringing Chinese ideas to Japan was_____
A. Confucianism
B. Korea
C. Prince Shotoku
Answer:
C. Prince Shotoku
Explanation:
What are two ways Islam spread?
Answer:
Explanation:
Islam spread through military conquest, trade, pilgrimage, and missionaries. Arab Muslim forces conquered vast territories and built imperial structures over time.
The expansion of Islam refers to the policy of Arab conquest of the mid-630s and the concomitant expansion of Islam in the 8th century.
Which of the following was written by Thomas Hobbes? A. "Common Sense" B. "Leviathan" C. "Two Treatises of Government"
Answer:
Leviathan 1651
Explanation:
Answer:
Leviathan 1651 100%
Explanation:
Drop each ruling into the correct Supreme Court decision. A ruling may belong to more than one decision. McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) Worcester v. Georgia (1832) held that federal law overrules state law in matters affecting more than one state. Held that only the federal government had the power to regulate Native American affairs. Recognized that federal laws are supreme to all other laws. Held that Congress does have implied powers. BTW Multiple answer could go to one.
Answer:
1. McCulloch v. Maryland (1819):
- Recognized that federal laws are supreme to all other laws.
- Held that Congress does have implied powers.
2. Gibbons v. Ogden (1824): held that federal law overrules state law in matters affecting more than one state.
3. Worcester v. Georgia (1832): held that only the federal government had the power to regulate Native American affairs.
Explanation:
1. McCulloch v. Maryland (1819):
McCulloch v. Maryland was a litigation or court case between the national bank known as The Second Bank of the United States and the state of Maryland with respect to the tax that was imposed on it by the state.
Basically, the state of Maryland passed a legislation to impose taxes on bank notes ($15,000 annually) of any bank that is not chartered in the state of Maryland.
However, James W. McCulloch who was head at the Baltimore branch of the Second Bank objected and refused to pay the tax. Consequently, the appellate court of Maryland ruled that the Second Bank was established unconstitutionally because the federal government is not provided a textual commitment by the constitution to charter a bank.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Marshall ruled that the Federal government of USA has certain implied powers accorded or given to it by the Necessary and Proper Clause of the Constitution but are not explicitly stated therein. Therefore, in McCulloch v. Maryland, the Supreme Court ruled that Congress can establish a national bank because of its implied powers accorded or given to it by the Necessary and Proper Clause of Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States of America.
- Recognized that federal laws are supreme to all other laws.
- Held that Congress does have implied powers.
2. Gibbons v. Ogden (1824):
Gibbons v. Ogden was a Supreme Court case which held that the Congress of the United States of America had authority, jurisdiction and power to regulate any interstate commerce with respect to the Commerce Clause of the Constitution.
In New York city, the state legislature granted a monopoly to Robert R. Livingston and Robert Fulton an exclusive navigation rights or privileges of operating on all New York state waters with boats that are being moved either by steam or fire, for a time frame of thirty (30) years. Aaron Orgedon was the governor.
In Gibbons v. Ogden (1824), the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Marshall, ruled that in business disputes, federal law always supercedes state law. It held that the permission granted to the state, New York city was monopolistic and as such was not permitted.
- held that federal law overrules state law in matters affecting more than one state.
3. Worcester v. Georgia (1832):
This was a landmark case (litigation) between Samuel Worcester and the state of Georgia. Georgia passed a criminal statute which prohibited non-native Americans such as the Cherokee Indians from Native American lands.
The Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Marshall ruled that the state do not have the rights or authority to impose restrictions on Native American lands.
- held that only the federal government had the power to regulate Native American affairs.
The act of preparing troops and supplies for war or another emergency is called
mobilization
propaganda
rationing
drafting
Please hurry
Answer:
its A
Explanation:
what two potential outcomes did the committee see in Russia's near future?
The correct answer to this open question is the following.
Unfortunately, you did not include any reference, text, excerpt, or context to help you answer this question.
What is the committee you are referring to? At what time in history? Any reference that can help us?
However, doing some research we can comment on the following.
Probably, you are referring to the Committee in the US Congress that oversaw the foreign relations with Russia.
If that is the case, then we can say that the two potential outcomes did the committee see in Russia's near future was tensions in the relationship due to major differences in the production of weapons and missiles (long-range and short-range), and the intervention of Russia in other countries as was the case of Ukraine or the Russian support of Iran.
Since the times of the Cold War, the Soviet Union and the United States have had severe conflicts and differences that had produced tense moments. They competed in the arms race, the space race, and the spread/containment of Communism.
The Cold War days are long gone, however, even to this day, Russia and the United States are still being the biggest rivals.
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how was the Union able to “win” The Civil War. briefly discuss at least 3 determining factors that lead to the union’s military victory over there Confederacy.
Answer:
Three determine factors are:
1. Industry in the north
2. more resources in the union
3. more railway in the north
other small factors: manpower, motivation and naval superiority
Reformers disagree about God's forgiveness
of sin and who would receive salvation.
What did the Catholic Church teach?
What did the War Guilt Clause do to
the German economy?
A. The German economy boomed as a result of trade.
B. The German economy became industrialized for the
first time.
C. The German economy was forced to become
communist.
D. The German economy slumped drastically due to
owing money to the Allies.
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Answer:
Under clause 231, the 'War Guilt Clause', Germany had to accept complete responsibility for the war. Germany lost 13% of its land and 12% of its population to the Allies. This land made up 48% of Germany's iron production and a large proportion of its coal productions limiting its economic power.
Which part of the U.S. Constitution did the Federalist Papers argue AGAINST?
This theme was predominant in late 18th-century political thought in America and accounts in part for the elaborate system of checks and balances that was devised in the Constitution. The authors of the Federalist papers argued against the decentralization of political authority under the Articles of Confederation.
The bill of rights i'm pretty sure
Part A
Which statement best describes Roosevelt's views on appeasement, as stated in the "Four Freedoms" speech?
O A He clings to the hope that appeasement will resolve the conflict.
O
B. He worries that appeasement may not please all sides in negotiation
O
C. He is confident that appeasement will eventually bring about a victory.
D. He believes that appeasement amounts to the same thing as surrender
Answer:
c.
Explanation:
c is the wrong answer... I promise
Answer:
im 100% sure that my answer is prob not it but i think D
Explanation:
2. Alexander the great who is he what did he acomplish
Answer:
He was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and a member of the Argead dynasty. One of the world's greatest military generals, he created a vast empire that stretched from Macedonia to Egypt and from Greece to part of India. This allowed for Hellenistic culture to become widespread.
Explanation:
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Solve information on eshter from the Bible
Answer:
6. c
7. a
8. a
9. b
10. d
Explanation:
Which evidence from the text supports the central idea that people should follow their own hearts? "She was not of a high rank, nor was she of a low rank." "These ladies resented her presence in the court and made her feel very unwelcome." "Their unkindness caused her to become ill, which in turn kept her at home and away from the court and the emperor." "But the emperor's affection for her only grew and gave him courage to pursue his love despite what others thought."
Answer:
"But the emperor's affection for her only grew and gave him courage to pursue his love despite what others thought."
Explanation:
The fictional novel "The Tale of Genji" by Murasaki Shikibu talks about the life of a young son of an emperor and his low-class concubine. The tale delves into the aristocratic lifestyle of 11th century Japan and how class plays a huge role in the lives of the people.
As given in the excerpt from the text, the emperor fell in love with a lady who "was not of a high rank, nor was she of a low rank." This made the other ladies jealous and resulted in the illness of that particular lady. But the emperor was determined to pursue her "despite what others thought." This determination to do things that may not seem 'acceptable' in the eyes of others supports the central idea that people should follow their own hearts and not be conscious of what others may think.
Thus, the correct answer is the last/ fourth option.
why did going to france to fight make them more motivated to fight for rights in the US??
Answer: Because of the trading
Explanation:
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Name one document from another country’s past that the USA used in writing their constitution and what they've used from it.
Answer:
It was the Articles of Confederation that provided the necessary structure to the new nation during and after the American Revolution
Answer:
I think the document is Magma Carta and because it exercised a strong influence both on the United States Constitution and on the constitutions of the various states.
1.A(n) __________helps members of Congress with research and office duties
Answer:
intern
Explanation:
Answer:
election commete helps members of Congress with research and office duties
why did the French begin the revolution in 1791. you can find your answers in here
Answer:
Explanation:
If the answer can be found in that small paragraph, I would say because of slavery? Not all the way sure- sorry! <3
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