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Blitzkrieg
lightening war
invasion poland
sept 1 1939
no country will suffer greater misery, destruction, and loss of life in ww2 than
poland
330,000 british and french troops are evacuated to england in which becomes known as the
miracle of dunkirk
the german objective is to destroy the royal air force and the royal navy in prep for an invasion of the british isles
battle of britain
desert fox
field marshal erwin rommel
june 22 1941 hitler invades
russia (soviet union)
fuhrer directive 21
rules of war no longer apply
order 227
not a step back
the russians call ww2
the great patriotic war
for hitler the temptation for invasion was too great
- its the heart of communism
- its where lebensraum is to be found
- its home to the largest jewish population
for the remainder of the war, the battle between the soviet union and germany will simply be called
the russian front
passed by congress in 1935, 1936, and 1938
neutrality acts
if you got the cash we got the goods, come get em
cash and carry
1st peace time draft of us history
selective service act of 1940
the us will give 46 billion in aid
lend lease
pearl harbor gets the us into ww2
pearl harbor december 7, 1941
the axis powers
germany- adolf hitler
italy- benito mussolini
japan- hideki tojo
the allied powers
america- fdr
england- winston churchill
soviet union (russia) - joseph stalin- collectively known as the big 3
china
seize vital materials necessary to the war effort
war production board
first combat in european theater
operation torch, north african invasion
ole blood and guts
george s. patton
fdr issues his controversial unconditional surrender ultimatum
casablanca conference
stalingrad, this defeat “shatters the myth
the most important battle of ww2 and the turning point in europe
