Answer to Question #293008 in History for Kelsey Jand

Question

THE WORLD WARS: A RISING THREAT

Context Link: https://tubitv.com/tv-shows/475539/s01-e02-a-rising-threat

Question: This deal between the Allies + Hitler is called the Munich Agreement. The Allies agreed to give Hitler the Sudetenland; if he violated the agreement and invaded another country, the Allies would declare war on Germany.

Answer 1

After the swift success at Smolensk, Hitler has diverted the bulk of Heinz Guderian's panzers down to the South, so as to capture the Ukrainian capital Kiev, considered more important than Moscow in Hitler's mind. It begins a gigantic clash and turns out to be the biggest military encirclement in history. Erich von Manstein's soldiers have trapped a massive Soviet force in Crimea, but the doomed troops have no intentions of surrendering, obeying Stalin's brutal "Not A Step Back" order. Manstein assembles the greatest concentration of artillery in history, which includes the world's biggest railway-gun nicknamed "Dora," and for eight months Soviets troops are savagely bombarded.