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Germany invades Poland
WHO: Germany and Poland
WHAT:Germany invades Poland because its easy and they’re trying to expand
WHERE: Germany and Poland
WHY: Germany wanted Poland and wanted to expand -
Battle of Britain
WHO: Germany and Britain
WHAT: Germany and Britain have an air battle over Britain
WHERE: over Britain
WHY: first all air battle, had great affect on Britain -
Lend Lease Act
WHO: United States gave goods to Allied nationsWHAT: America supplied them with vast amounts of war materials (50.1 billion). America said, “return it when you’re done, and if it breaks, pay for it.”WHERE: Between US and EuropeWHY: US wanted to help Allies without getting involved -
Germany declares war on United States
WHO: Germany and US
WHAT: Germany surrenders to US
WHERE: Europe
WHY: United States declared war on Japan, made US truly part of the world war -
Battle of Stalingrad
WHO: Germans and Russians
WHAT: Germany Invades Stalingrad
WHERE: Stalingrad
WHY: Major turning point from favor of Germans to Russians -
Battle of El Alamein
WHO: Axis vs Allies- Rommel vs Montgomery
WHAT: fight over El Alamein, very strategic location due to Suez Canal
WHERE: el Alamein
WHY: major turning point from axis domination to allies -
Allies land in Italy
WHO: Americans and British attack Italy
WHAT: Italy surrenders September 12, 1943 and British and Americans assault Germans occupying Italy
WHERE: Italy
WHY: Italy is out of WW2 -
D-Day Invasion
WHO: US, Germany
WHAT: America invades Omaha Beach
WHERE: Omaha Beach
WHY: Start of Allies taking back Western Europe -
Battle of the Bulge
WHO: Germans vs four allied armies
WHAT: Germans initial incursion on the allies line formed a bulge- which was battled over
Where: around Luxemburg
WHY: Major German offensive that failed -
Yalta Conference
WHO: Allies and Germany
WHAT: Conference from which Yalta agreement emerged
WHERE: Yalta, Yugoslavia
WHY: established grounds for the division and occupation of Germany, gave Soviet Union their back, USSR agrees with friendship pact with China -
Hitler commits suicide
WHO: Hitler
WHAT: Hitler commits suicide
WHERE: His bunker in Berlin
WHY: He knows he has lost -
Franklin Roosevelt dies
WHO: Franklin Roosevelt
WHAT: Dies of a cerebral hemorrhage
WHERE: Warm Springs, Georgia
WHY: Franklin Roosevelt helped Americans through great depression by raising the morale of the people through his charisma -
Germany surrenders
WHO: Germany and Allies
WHAT: Germany surrenders because Hitler commits suicide and the allies have them beat
WHERE: Europe
WHY: end of the battle in Europe