Select the paragraph from the section "A world at war" that explains which events MOST directly led to the start of World
Which selection BEST explains how Hitler was able to take over Western Europe?

(A) After taking over Norway and neutralizing Sweden, the Nazis turned their attention to the big prize.
(B) Early in the morning of May 10, 1940, Hitler launched a blitzkrieg, or lightning war, against France,
whose army had previously been considered the finest in the world.
(C) However, new strategic and tactical ideas like the blitzkrieg were ultimately more effective. The German
tank columns swept everything before them, and the French defenses soon collapsed.
(D) However, new strategic and tactical ideas like the blitzkrieg were ultimately more effective. The German
tank columns swept everything before them, and the French defenses soon collapsed.