WWII projects today... yay.
Connor:
- was from 1937-1945. Us wasn't involved until 1941
- Germany invaded Poland
- said it was the beginning of it
- they called their tanks Pansers
- Soviet Union invaded Poland pretty much the same day too
- Britain and France at war with Germany after Germany invaded Poland
- Was not his first take over of a country
- Austria and Czech was first
- Germans invaded Norway and Denmark
- They were going to each house
- Hitler's invasions were called Blitzkrieg-lightning attacks
- had 3 millions soldiers and 3500 tanks to invade Russia
- Hitler made his biggest mistake this day
- Had an agreement with Soviet Union that they wouldn't attack each other
- Hitler was bombarding Great Britain and the deal was broken when he invaded Russia
- Pearl Harbor
- Japanese attacked because they hoped we would start trading with them again
- Women helped make weapons and get food for the soldiers
- Iwo Jima was where they raised the flag
- D-Day was when they stormed the beaches of Normandy
- We attacked Normandy, France (controlled by Germany)
- June 6, 1944
- We tried to get oil reserves and natural resources from Africa
- Germany and Italy were trying to take over them
- we were trying to help them
- First area of fighting the Germans and Italians
- Hitler committed suicide
- and his wife - Eva Braun
- same day they got married they killed themselves
- she drank poison, and he shot himself
- Russia was invading German
- Germany surrenders to the Russians
- Winston Churchill always holds up a V for victory with his fingers
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