12. Operation Barborossa(USSR vs Germany)lebesraum- living space in the USSR that hitler wanted for people to live in when they have lots of kids that are perfectpurposed for attack- he despised the ethnic Slavs ruled by their "jewish bolshevik" masterswanted Ukraine for farmlandcould use people as slave laborif he defeat the USSR it would further isolate the allieswanted the oilfields in the caucasus mountainsdidn't trust Stalin-German propaganda showed that stalin was planning an attack on Germanywestern front fighting was over (except GB)greatest land war in recorded history (man power and caualties)3.5 mil. captive and 4 mil. had died by the end of the winterbattle of moscow- oct. 1941 and january 1942-280000-400000 germany casualties-650000-1280000 soviet casualtieshitler believed moscow was the major military and politaical target in the USSR as it would lead to the collapse of the countrygermany got within 12 miles of moscow before soviets stopped the advancethis battle marked the major turning point on the eastern fronthitler took control and made all military decisions afterwardsfired his top men and brought in young push over people.many experienced officers went against hitlerSiege of leningrad (surround a city and cut off all supplies)hunry gangs attacked and ate defenseless people- lots of reports of cannibalismlargest in historyformed a special cannibalism unit13. Battle in Africa and Italyerwin rommel, the desert fox- germany leader in afrika. best german general in the war but put to death because he wanted to kill hitlerknown as the desert fox because he fought in the desert in afrika and was known for being sneakyoperation torch- british-american invasion on french north africa started nov. 8, 1842by mid 1943 we had defeated the germans, italians, and the vichy frenchcasablanca conference- jan 1942 "unconditional surrender"14. US Generals-Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton, MacArthur, Nimitz, BradleyGeorge C. Marshall- cheif of staff of the US Military during WWII. Only person above Marshall was the president.Henry Kaiser- owner of a ship building company.George Patton- one of the best US generals ever. was full of himself, carried an ivory pistol.15. D-Day-Operation Overlord16. Battle of the Bulge17. FDR Dies-Truman takes over18. VE Day19. Battle in the Pacific-Island Hopping, Philippines, Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Okinawa,20. Navajo Code Talkers21. Doolittle's Raid22. Manhattan Project23. Hiroshima bombing24. Nagasaki bombing25. VJ Day26. Yalta Conference27. Nuremburg Trials28. Japanese Internment Camps in US29. Why we won WWII.henry kaiser- owner of a ship company. Made it possible for the US to make more ships than all other countries combined.
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