Soveit-Nazi non-aggression pact
an agreement to not fight each other
-Russia gave raw materials to germany in exchange for money and weapons
-both agreed to stay nuetral if the other entered war
-secretly agreed to invade and split poland. germany got western and USSR the eastern half
-Russia would get finland, estonia, and latvia and Germany would get lithuania
----this agreement was made by hitler and stahlin who did not like each other. They made it so that they wouldn't have to worry about each other.
Sept. 1, 1939 Poland was invaded by the soviets and the nazis
sept. 3, 1939 france and great britian declare war on germany
blitzkrieg-lighting warfare was used a lot.
sitzkrieg- the phony war(the sitting war)
-war was declared but nothing was happening
Axis powers
germany
italy
japan
OTher powers
finland, romania
allied powers
-main powers- great britian, soviet union, US, China, France, canada, australia
-other- many of the latin american coutries. ethiopia.
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