We finished talking about the WWII topics and research isn't a blog anymore.
- Soviet- German Non- Aggression Pact- 1939
- signed between German and Soviet Union- 1 week before invading Poland
- Russia gave raw materials to Germany in exchange for money and weapons
- agreed to stay neutral if the other entered the war
- secretly agreed to invade and split Poland. Germany would get the western half and USSR the eastern half
- Russia would get Finland, Estonia, and Latvia and Germany would get Lithuania
- German invasion of Poland-1939
- Blitz and Sitz- 1939-1940
- Blitzkrieg- Lightning Warfare- fast
- people got the minds set that it was unbeatable
- starts with airplanes dropping bombs and taking out communication centers- causing chaos
- then tanks come in swiftly along with infantry & mechanized units- troops on trucks
- take troops in fast then flank the enemy on 1 side and infantry on the other
- took over many countries in a month with the tactic
- Sitzkrieg- The Phony War- Winter of 39 &40 when nothing is going happening on land
- krieg- means war
- nothing happened when France declared war on Germany- not til next spring
- Axis vs Allied
- main allies: germany, italy, japan
- other allies: albania, bulgaria, finland, romania, thailand, hungary
- main axis: Soviet Union, Great Britain, United States, France, China, australia, canada
- other allies: argentina, bolivia, mexico, paraguay, brazil, chile, colombia, costa rica, cuba...
- allied powers- invaded by germany: belgium, greece, denmark, norway, turkey...
- allies- africa, asia/other, europe- most of world against axis powers
- German Invasion of Danmark, Norway, Belgium, Netherlands, Lucenbourg- spring 40
- german navy was hit hard and never really recovered from British navy
- germany had to use u-boats and go underwater
- Invasion of France- May 40
- France was focused on defensive tactics while Germany focused on offensive tactics
- france built maginot line- steel posts, concrete wall to prevent invasion through french border
- all underground
- germany went through belgium so maginot line was pointless
- was based on old type of fighting, didn't go all the way to the english channel
- french surrendered in a month- didn't want to loose too many people- one of the best days in hitler's life
- Miracle of Dunkirk (city in belgium)
- all british and french forces are pushed back to english channel
- many forcess were evacuated when Germany was told to wait to invade until tanks and units were there
- lost but saved hundreds of thousands of lives
- Vichy Gov't
- made deal with hitler to control south part of france
- had deal with japan to take over areas
- helped capture french jews
- Free French Underground
- leader Charles de Gaulle
- gov't we were allies with
- part of D-Day invasion
- was outside of their country- very secretive- run from london
- Battle of Britain- July 40
- only non- neutral country was great britain
- hitler like great britain- true arian race
- aeriel attack- but invasion never happened
- needed control of the air instead of royal air force- never got control
- attack and british navy, attack british troops
- "never was so much owed by so many to so few"- RAF- got germans to only bomb at night
- great britains was aided a lot by the rader and Ultra
- Ultra
- code name given to interception of german code
- knew when germany was going to send bombers
- big reason we won- gave us a huge advantage
- Germany invades USSR- June 41
Final Plan for Operation Barbarossa. (Leningrad, Moscow, Stalingrad.)
Hitler thought that if they got these 3 big cities he would get USSR.
Battle of Stalingrad- worst war (most casualties)
Leningrad- it was terrible
bombarded this city and no one had food
People started committing suicide and cannibalism.
Lebensraum (living space)(his plan for partly why he attacked USSR)
Blonde haired blue eyed women were taken to “breeding” camps.
Hitler wanted to expand the Aryan race
going to attack the Soviet Union to get land for the people to live as they expanded.
- Japan Invades French Indochina (Vietnam, Laus, Cambodia)- The U.S. stopped trade with Japan- 1940
Option 1- Withdraw, go back to Japan.- wanted to trade with us but wouldnt until got out of china
Option 2- Attack, we are going to force the US to trade. (they went with this option and bombed Pearl Harbor)
Option 3- Compromise, with the US.
Research Information-
Atlantic Charter
On August 14, 1941 Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Roosevelt held a conference "somewhere at sea." They issued a joint declaration known as the Atlantic Charter. The charter hit on eight main topics:
- no territorial gains sought by the United States or the United Kingdom
- territorial adjustments must be in accord with wishes of the people
- the right to self-determination of peoples
- trade barriers lowered
- global economic cooperation and advancement of social welfare
- freedom from want and fear
- freedom of the seas
- disarmament of aggressor nations, postwar common disarmament
Pearl Harbor- Over 3,500 Americans were killed or wounded in the 2 hour of fighting, 350 aircrafts were destroyed or damaged, all 8 US battleships of the U.S. Pacific Fleet were badly damaged or sunk but no aircraft carriers were damaged. The attack lasted exactly 110 minutes, killed 2,335 servicemen, wounded 1,143, killed 68 civilians and wounded 35 others. The Japanese only losst 65 men with one soldier being captured.
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