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Maginot Line
The Maginot Line was built along the border of France and Germany, to stop a 3rd invasion from the Germans. -
German Tactics
The German "blitzkrieg" worked by weakening the front with bombings and air assaults, then having ground troops and tanks clean up whats left. -
Nazis target Jews and Gypsies, accusing them of being inferior
At the beginning of the war, Nazi's main aim was to eradicate the world off "racially inferior" people including Jews, Gypsies and other races. -
Operation Barbarossa
Hitler's plan to capture the Ural mountains for their incalculable amount of raw materials and resources. Heres a link to an educational website with videos and information on Barbarossa: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/operation-barbarossa
Heres a podcast on the event, with the best parts being from 8:00 to 11:00 http://podbay.fm/show/370995272/e/1331442000?autostart=1 -
U.S. ban the sale of war materials to Japan
The U.S. banned any country from supplying war materials such as iron, steel, and oil to Japan because they are threatening to try and take-over other countries. -
Operation Sea Lion
Operation Sea Lion was a plan by Hitler to invade Britain. -
The London Blitz
All through the night, relays of aircraft showered high explosives over London. -
Dunkirk
All available British naval vessels saved 300,000 British troops from the Germans and the French surrendered to the Germans on June 22. Heres a short video about the battle of Dunkirk: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/animations/wwtwo_movies_dunkirk/index_embed.shtml -
The Siege of Leningrad
The siege of Leningrad was a prolonged military operation undertaken by the Germans to attack Russia. The Russians eventually fought off the Germans and the siege lifted on January 27, 1944. -
Pearl Harbor
On December 7th 1941, Japanese pilots suicide bombed into an American naval fleet stationed in Hawaii.
