Chapter 21,22,23, and 24 Summary and Analysis

By the first week, the Polish army is surrounded by quick air and tank thrusts. On Sept. 17th, the Soviets move into Eastern Poland with little opposition. Germany gets the populated areas of Poland with large Jewish populations. Hitler wants to attack France by Nov. 10th, since he fears the Soviet Union will stab him in the back. A man plants a bomb that explodes in a beer hall in Munich where Hitler speaks, but Hitler leaves early. The offensive in the West is stalled. Stalin launches an attack on Finland, which creates rage in Italy due to Hitler's reversal of his Anti-Soviet policy. Hitler plans to attack the West on Jan. 10th, but somehow a German courier plane with the battle plans crashes in Belgium. The war plans are seized by the Allies. The Russo-Finnish war ends and...