History - Battles of WWII Flashcards
1
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Hitler invades Poland
A
September 1939
-starts WW2
2
Q
Battle for the Atlantic
A
1939-1945
- longest campaign
- Germany took control of shipping routes to crowd Atlantic (stop Britain from receiving supplies from US/Canada)
- submarine warfare
- British captured a U-Boat and cracked German code
3
Q
War in North Africa
A
June 1940-May 1943
- between Allies (Britain, America, Russia) and Axis (Germany, Japan, Italy)
- war for North Africa - shipping routes between Britain and India
4
Q
Battle of Britain
A
July-September 1940
- Germany attacks British airstrips, RADAR bases with Luftwaffe
- Luftwaffe - Herman Goering
- Hitler list battle - attacked London civilians to ‘break’ Britain
5
Q
London Blitz
A
September 1940
- Luftwaffe bombed London for 57 days
- 1000 planes every night
- demoralize Britain, but pride was strengthened (Churchill)
6
Q
Operation Barbarossa
A
June 1941-1945
- ‘Lebenstraum’ policy
- attacked USSR - lots of space, Aryans deserved to live there
- largest campaign of WW2 (10 000 000 soldiers)
- unsuccessful - too cold, Russia had a better/faster supply line
7
Q
Hitler invades Western Europe (Belgium, Netherlands, France)
A
May-September 1940
- Germany uses bombs
- 6 weeks to take France, attacked other countries through France
8
Q
Japan bombs Pearl Harbour
A
7th December 1941
- USA enters war
- Japanese wanted Philippines (controlled by USA)
- take out USA quickly - had a strong economy and produced many weapons
- unsuccessful - 2 air force carriers not moored, USA still had some navel resources
9
Q
Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
A
August 1945
10
Q
Japanese surrender
A
2nd September 1945
- end of war
- Japan could not afford to lose any more people
