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-army invades w/out gov't knowledge (cuts to army)
-appeasement by LoN -
-Nazis take power
-Begins eliminating opposition -
-broke ToV
-appeasement made Hitler grow in popularity in Germany -
-Began with conscription of Germany
-Allies (esp. Chamberlain) wanted to keep peace in Europe
-Hitler saw Aliies as weak -
-wanted to expand fascist empire
-attempt to get out of depression -
-said to be defensive maneuver against French and Soviets
-test for Allies (fail) -
-Republicans vs. Nationalists
-Franco/Nationalists win
-prelude to WWII -
-army announced new order of gov't
-brutal to Chinese people (rape of nanking) -
-Schuschnigg threatened, steps down
-plebescite passed 99.75% (falsified), Austria becomes Nazi state -
-Japan joins later
-fascist countries united -
-Sudetenland becomes part of Germany (Czech defenses)
-Benes pleads to Allies, forced to concede to Hitler -
-"Night of Broken Glass" SS led ransack of jewish property
-warning sign for what was to come (holocaust) -
-Hitler lost credibilty with Allies
-Allies responded with unconditional support of Poland -
-wanted in on the action
-put pressure on surrounding area, Britain moves forces to Greece -
-non-agression pact (gave Stalin time to prepare)
-split Poland between them secretly -
-Britain and France declare war on Germany Sept.3
-end of appeasement, start of WWII -
--1941-1943 height of BoA
-German U-Boats (Wolf Packs)
-Britain kept supply lines open -
-Poland ceases to exist
-gave USSR more land to retreat from -
-USSR Invades Finland
-Finland surrenders Mar.12, 1940 -
-protection from Britain
-kept G from getting boxed in -
-saved some of Allies best troops
-moral victory -
-made part of Soviet Union
-more land for scorched earth -
-B stood alone as G opposition
-Vichy France (collaborators) -
-tried to get cheap empire
-Japan needed oil, Dutch East Indes refused -
-Ends with British victory on Sept.30
-turning point for western front
-Blitz, inferioir planes, radar, enigma -
-beginning of North African theatre
-suez, middle east oil -
-stopped oil, steel, tin trade
-forced J to attack P Harbor, needed freedom of seas for resources -
-failed miserably, G help, B retreats to crete, then egypt
-delayed barb. into winter -
-collaborators, to prevent invasion
-aided in Yugoslavia, USSR, Greece -
-US aided B, USSR
-supported Allies while staying neutral -
-Hungary, Slovakia, Romania aided Axis
-treated poorly (slavs, lebensraum) -
-eneded nazi-soviet pact, G attacks USSR
-failed b/c of cold Russian winter and delayed start -
-basis for UN
-FDR, Churchill meet, beginning of alliance -
-got US involved in war
-aircraft carriers unaffected -
-got resources, expanded empire
-threatened Australia, India, US responds -
-draw
-prevented J from taking Australia -
-turning point for Pacific
-J lost 4 ACs -
-USSR victory Feb.2, '43
-turning point for east front, Hitler denied oil access -
-Allied victory Nov.3
-turning point in N.Africa (desert rats) -
-US op pincer movement in N.Africa
-led by Eisenhower, drove Axis back to I -
-FDR, Churchill agree G has to surrender unconditionally
-prolonged war, G nothing to lose -
-prepared for I campaign
-Rommel and troops pushed back to Tunisia, back to I -
-largest tank battle ever
-USSR victory, push G back -
-springboard for I Campaign
-Italy surrenders, Mussolini arrested -
-Church, FDR meet to discuss Manhattan project
-secret meet -
-took troops from other fronts, made way for d-day
-Mussolini reinstated -
-took Nazi soldiers away from France for D-Day
-took pressure off Soviets -
-Church, FDR, Chiang (China) discuss pacific war
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-US, B agree to open 2nd front
-Polish borders agreed upon, USSR to help in Pac. -
-nazis on defensive, pushed back to G
-undid G territory gains in east -
-big step in liberation of I
-US takes credit, shouldve been C -
-opening of second front
-put G on defensive -
-led by Gen. Eisenhower (American)
-began with D-Day, liberation of western Europe
-put Germany on defensive, until VE Day -
-final push into G
-liberated many countries, turned Soviet -
-Charles De Gaulle
-France liberated, Allies free to turn to G -
-failed attempt to liberate Holland
-delayed VE Day -
-Blocked J from oil
-got closer to J, blocked resources -
-largest naval battle ever
-US takes out half J ACs -
-last G offensive
-through Ardennes (again) -
-divide G into zones, N trials, USSR enter Pac. war
-Stalin promised free elections in liberated countries, lied
-agreed to form UN -
-tunnels in mountain, J kamikaze
-scared US -
-J soldiers fight to death
-huge casualties, persuaded truman to use A-Bomb -
-Truman president
-A-Bomb not FDR's decision -
-US, USSR troops meet
-G decimated -
-Italians turned on M
-I liberated -
-G surrenders shortly after
-justice is served! -
-WWII is over in Europe!
-liberation of Holland ends it -
-Truman replaces FDR, Churchill voted out partway through
-disarmed G, finalized plan to split G -
-1st A-bomb
-J didnt surrender -
-2nd A-Bomb, forced J surrender
-ended Pac. before USSR could get involved -
-official end of WWII!
-not legal until Sept.11 -
-first war trials
-tried nazis for holocaust
