WWII Notes

Canada Declared War
Fourth largest air force.
One of the last to declare war

Phoney war
Not a war or battle
Period of 6 months where nothing happened

Invasion of France
Main operation was the fall geld
Germany pushed through to cut off allied forces

Pack Signing
Countries signed
Hungary joined
Ended 2 years after it was signed

Pearl Harbor
December 7th 1931
We did not see this coming but we were waiting

Kristelnaught
Germany invades narsaw
Broken Glass is another name for it
Anti Jewish broke out windows in buildings and Synagogs
Many Jews were killed

Concentration Camps
Where they went during the Holocaust
Bad places

Battle of the Midway
Japan planned a surprise attack on US air crafts
America heard they were going to attack so they had less casualties than Japan did, because they were prepared for it
We got them before they got us

Germany Invades Russia
Started in the summer of 1941
German soldiers died from not having warm clothes in Russia
Germans backed out because they couldn't survive in the cold weather conditions

D-DAY
June 6th of 1944
Allies stormed the coast of Normandy, France

Hitler's Suicide
Hitler shot himself
His wife ate a capsule
Led Germany to surrender

Germany Surrender
May 8th
Western Europe put up flags to rejoice

Battle of Britain
July 10th, 1940
First major battle to be fought in the air
A lot of people died
Germany won

The battle of France
May of 1940
Germany pushed back forces of France

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