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Germany invaded Poland, setting off war in Europe. The Soviet Union also invaded Poland and the Baltic nations.
Hitler breaks the agreement and invades Czechoslovakia then turns sites on Poland.
Nonaggression Pact-Hitler & Stalin agree to not attack one another and to divide Poland.
Sep 1,1939 Hitler invades Poland with new military strategies.
Blitzkrieg- take the enemy by surprise & quickly defeat.
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Germany invaded France and captured Paris.
On September 3, 1939, France and Britain declare war on Germany.
Phony War- 1st few moths of war when Britain and France sat waiting for Germany.
Fall of France- Hitler invades thru Belgium in May and by June controls France. (class notes) -
Germany bombed London, and the Battle of Britain began.
On 4 September Hitler, frustrated by the RAF's superiority over the Luftwaffe and enraged by its bombing of German cities, vowed to destroy the British capital. After a preliminary raid on 5 September, the bombing started properly on the afternoon of the 7th. Convinced that the German invasion of Britain was imminent, the country was put on the highest alert. The bombing continued for the next 76 nights consecutively, with daytime raids as well. -
Lend Lease Act
The Lend-Lease Act was the principal means for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II. Hitler tried to Lend-Lease aid by sending German U-boats to attack ships. Became known as Wolf Pack attacks when they sunk convoy ships. Lend-Lease brought the United States one step closer to entry into the war. (class notes) -
Germany invaded the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union defeated Germany at Stalingrad, marking the turning point of the war in Eastern Europe.
Under the codename Operation "Barbarossa," Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet UnionThe destruction of the Soviet Union by military force. The Soviet leadership had refused to heed warnings from the Western Powers of the German troop buildup along its western border. As the Germans reached the outskirts of Stalingrad and approached Groznyj in the Caucasus, approximately 120 miles from the shores of the Caspian Sea in September 1942. (https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005164) -
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.
Japanese expanding over Asia.
Trying to establish and Asian Empire- only the U.S. stood in its way.
FDR froze Japan financial assets and stopped exporting oil to Japan.
2 countries began peace talks.
Japan did not want peace, it wanted an empire
December 7, 1941, Japan attacked the Us. at Pearl Harbor (Hawaii) .More than two years after the start of the conflict, the United States had entered World War II. (class notes) -
After Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Germany declared war on the United States. The United States declared war on Japan and Germany.
In 2 hours, 2,403 died and 21 ships were sunk or damaged (almost the whole Pacific fleet).
FDR declares "December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy"
U.S. declares war on Japan on Dec 8, 8 1941
December 11, Germany & Italy declare war on the United States
The failure of the New Deal, argued Hitler, was the real cause of the war, as President Roosevelt, supported by plutocrats and Jews, attempted to cover up for the collapse of his economic agenda. (class notes) -
The United States was victorious over Japan in the Battle of Midwa y. This victory was the turning point of the war in the Pacific. (http://www.nationalww2museum.org/learn/education/for-students/ww2-history/at-a-glance/midway.html)
Japan’s main goals during WWII was to remove the United States as a Pacific power in order to gain territory in East Asia. Japan sent a message that “AF” was short of fresh water, confirming that the location for the attack was the base at Midway. This critical US victory stopped the growth of Japan in the Pacific and put the United States in a position to begin shrinking the Japanese empire through a years-long series of island-hopping invasions and several even larger naval battles.
