World War II

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  • Hitler decided to invade the poor and weakly lead Soviet Union due to its

  • Hitler invades Poland

  • Britain and France declare war on Germany.

  • Polish forces surrendered and Poland was completely occupied.

  • Soviets attacked with 26 divisions and massive armored and air superiority (Finland).

  • France falls to Germany. German panzer divisions broke through weak French defensive positions there and raced across northern France.

  • German bomb British cities. Hitler thought in this way to break British morale. But Britain could recover and the invasion was postponed.

  • After the phony war, Hitler resumed the attack with a blitzkrieg against Denmark and Norway.

  • Axis attacks against Netherlands, Belgium, France

  • The Luftwaffe launched a major offensive. German planes bombed British air and naval bases, harbors, communication centers and war industries.

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    The Blitz: The frequent bombing raids that the Germans carried out over in 1940 and 1941. (The Blitz)

  • A Finnish- Soviet Treaty conceded several border territories to the Soviets, while leaving the Finns independent.

  • Germany attacks against Netherlands, Belgium, France. The main assault was through Luxembourg and the Ardennes Forest.

  • Allies take Tobruk and resist the german attacks: Allied forces in North Africa swept the Italians all the way from the Western Desert to Cyrenaica, the eastern province of Libya, during Operation Compass.

  • USA Anti-submarine campaign: USA wanted to secure marine rutes

  • Germany invades the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) on Sebastopol and Moscow falling by the end of the year.

  • Japanese attack at Pearl Harbour. The Japanese mount a surprise attack on the US Navy Base of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii

  • The Wannsee conference formalizes Holocaust- Naxis and Axis oppression of European Jews became more savage.

  • Battle of Midway- Decisive battle of the central pacific campaign between USA and Japan.

  • Algeria French Morocco Campaign- Great Britain, Free France, USA, Holland, Canada and Vichy France fought against the Nazis to free the part of South Africa

  • Egypt- Libya Campaign- USA and Great Britain fought against Italy and the Nazi Germany for the Suez Canal.

  • Manhattan project to build an atomic bomb- The United States Government mobilized scientist to assist in the war to create and atomic bomb.

  • Allies take Sicily: The allied troops had won the island of Sicily. 3)

  • Axis surrender in Africa: The British and American forces managed to defeat the Axis forces in North Africa

  • German Attack: The Germans launch a massive tank offensive near Kursk in the Soviet Union. The Soviets blunt the attack within a week and begin an offensive initiative of their own.

  • Italy Surrenders: Mussolini had been thrown out of office and the new government of Italy surrendered to the British and the USA.

  • Kiev: Soviet troops liberate Kiev.

  • Allies bomb the monastery in Monte Cassino

  • The Soviets advance to Eastern Europe

  • Paris is liberated by the allies (D Day)

  • The allies were delayed in their advance to Germany due to the battle of the Bulge

  • Guam liberated by the US Okinawa, and Iwo Jima bombed.

  • The the ferocious bombing of Dresden from February 13 to 15, 1945, creates a firestorm that may have killed as many as hundred thousand inhabitants and refugees.

  • Both Churchill and Stalin accepted Roosevelt’s plans for the establishment of a United Nations organization and set the first meeting for San Francisco in April.

  • The Postdam conference of July 1945 began under a cloud of mistrust.

  • President Truman and his adviser had decided to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

  • After atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan surrenders