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WWII
Review for Final
Causes:
• The rise of dictators (Germany, Italy, Spain, USSR, Japan)
• Economic Depression
• Britain and France Appease Germany and Italy
• U.S. takes the policy of Isolationism
• Violation of the Treaty of Versailles (no military, Rhineland, Anschluss,
Sudetenland)
Start of the War
• 1st Hitler invades Poland with the USSR
• Hitler goes north to take Denmark
• Hitler Invades France by cutting through Belgium (France falls within
months)
• Hitler takes the Balkans and attempts to take Britain
Important Moments in the War
• Battle of Britain- nightly bombings by the Luftwaffe- the RAF is able to hold
them back. Churchill states that Britain will NEVER surrender, Hitler caves
after months of no success.
• Operation Barbarossa- Hitler's plan to attack the USSR from the Balkans-
Soviets use Scorch-earth-policy and retreat until they can regroup
• Italy is struggling in taking North Africa from Britain so Hitler Sends Erwin
Rommel to help they have success until Operation Torch
US Involvement
• Neutrality Acts- US to remain isolated
• Cash and Carry- only sell weapons
• Lend- Lease Act- We will send weapons to USSR and Britain even if they
cant pay
• Atlantic Charter- Sets the terms of the UN and US support for the Allies
• Pearl Harbor- Japanese's attach US military on Pearl Harbor- US declares
WAR
Turning Point Battles
• Midway- in the pacific, US decoded Japans plan and goes on the offensive
• Operation Torch- Montgomery and Eisenhower invade North Africa and
take it back from Axis powers
• Stalingrad- Millions dies but USSR prevailed- blocked in Germans and they
froze and starved
• Operation Overlord (D-Day)- Invasion to 5 beaches in Normandy France
• Battle of the Bulge- Germanys last attempt to win the war
Allies Win the War
• V-E Day
• Dropping of the 2 atomic bombs leads to Japan’s surrender
• V-J Day
Holocaust
• Nuremburg Laws- Laws that revoke Jews Citizenship
• Ghettos- Jews were relocated into Ghettos
• Concentration Camps- relocation camps that later became “Death Camps”