Why did Germany’s blitzkrieg warfare defeat Poland?

What role did U-boats play in WWII?

What was the Luftwaffe and what role did it play in the Battle of Britain?

1. Poland was not prepared for war and the rate at which Germany had swept across its nation.

2. U-Boats were valuable assets of the German Kriegsmarine during WWII. They were used to sink naval ships and to interfere with allied trade routes and supply lines, with great affect.

3. The Luftwaffe was Germany's air force during WWII, and played a great role during the Battle of Britain. It was used to wreak havoc through the use of air raids, or blitzkrieg (translates to "lightning war").

the pogroms became known as kristallnacht, the "night of shattered glass," for the shattered glass from the store windows that littered the streets. the morning after the pogroms 30,000 german jewish men were arrested for the "crime" of being jewish and sent to concentration camps, where hundreds of them perished.