Today we went over even more notes. The Atlantic Charter was set up in 1944 it said that nazis werent aloud to be in power anymore. Freedom of the seas. Abandon the use of forces disarmament and a stronger league of nations. Operation Barbarossa was the German invasion of USSR invading russia was probably hitlers worst mistake it spread his army too thin and it was much to large to take over while a large majority of his forces were focused elsewhere. Germany may have been able to take over Russia if it hadnt been for its large size. The plan had 3 armies and each one had to go after a different city. Hitler believed that these cities were key in taking over the Soviet Union. Stalin ordered his troops to burn and destroy everything that could be used by the Germans as they were retreating back in to Russia. This was known as the Scorched Earth Policy. At 1st the Soviets gave very little resistance. Moscow was nearly surrounded but never quite was. Winter was when the tide started changing in the invasion of russia. The germans werent used to the winter and the Soviets were. So they pushed germany back towards Europe. The US supplied Japan with oil which Japan needed it. So when the US stopped trading oil with Japan so Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. Admiral Yamamoto planned the attack on Pearl Harbor. Japan knew the only way to beat them was to attack quickly as possible. Which clearly didnt work. Everything worked out just perfectly for the Japs to attack do a ton of damage with almost on resistance. They focused mostly on the Navy and Airforce. The US was very racist against Japan they thought they couldnt see because of their eyes mostly likely. Pear Harbor was very shallow so the Japs had to modify their torpedoes to use in the Harbor. Most people were worried about sabotage because many japanese people lived their. When Japan attacked the US they declared war on them and eventually it was the reason that they were defeated.
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