Continued with the Questions:
12. Operation Barborossa (USSR vs Germany):
Operation Barbarossa: code name for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union. Started on June 22, 1941. Million of troops, vehicles, and horses planned to attack Stalingrad, Moscow, and Leningrad. The Soviets were taken by surprise, but the operation ended up failing since the Soviets were able to hold the Germans back. It was a major mistake on Hitler's part.
Hitler didn't trust Stalin, so he tried to sway the German public's opinion into making them think that the Soviets were planning to attack them, so Hitler thought that they needed to attack them first. He also thought that there would be so many Arian-race blond hair blue eyed babies being born that they would "need more space for them". Hitler also wanted to invade Russia because of the good resources that it contained. His forces became scattered, in turn, making them weaker. Hitler and the Nazis bit off more than they could chew.
Hiter was furious that his army had been unable to take Moscow, Hitler dismessed his commander-in-chief in December 1941, and took personal charge of the Wehrmacht (German Army). Hitler took control and made all military decisions afterwards. This led many experienced German generals to go against Hitler.
13. Battle in Africa and Italy: Took place in North Africa from June 10th, 1940 through May of 1943. These campaigns fought between the Allies and the Axis powers. Both powers wanted the Middle Eastern resources and just the area of land itself. The side that would take control of that area of the world would have an extreme advantage with extra land and another supply of resources. Erwin Rommel was from Germany and was nicknamed the "Desert Fox" because he was a very sly general. He was later involved with the assassination of Adolf Hitler. He realized that Hitler was going crazy and needed to be stopped...especially when Hitler decided to take the military's plans into his own hands. When he was involved in the assassination attempt, he didn't want anyone thinking that he was a traitor to his country. He committed suicide so he would be remembered as a great German hero. Operation Torch was where we would invade Morocco. The Casablanca Conference -Jan. of 1942 "Unconditional Surrender". The US will only accept a surrender from Germany when Germany will do anything that we tell them to do.
14. US Generals-Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton, MacArthur, Nimitz, Bradley: George Patton was a great US general during WWII, but he unfortunately died in an automobile accident.
15. D-Day-Operation Overlord:
16. Battle of the Bulge:
17. FDR Dies-Truman takes over:
18. VE Day:
19. Battle in the Pacific-Island Hopping, Philippines, Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Okinawa:
20. Navajo Code Talkers:
21. Doolittle's Raid:
22. Manhattan Project:
23. Hiroshima bombing:
24. Nagasaki bombing:
25. VJ Day:
26. Yalta Conference:
27. Nuremburg Trials:
28. Japanese Internment Camps in US:
29. Why did the Allies win WWII:
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