What Were The Main Events Of WW2 Flashcards
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How did the world start?
On September first, 1939, Germany invades Poland
September 3, 1939
France and Britain declare war on Germany
When did the USSR invade Poland?
September 17, 1939
When and what is the phony war
Period of inactivity between October 1939 and march 1940
What happens on may 10, 1940
Germany invades the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Luxembourg
When does France surrender to Germany and only Britain remains in the fight against Nazi Germany ?
June 22, 1940
June 22, 1941
Start of operation Barbarossa, Germany invades USSR
When was the signing of the Anglo-Soviet agreement?
On July 12, 1941 the UK and the USSR became allies against Nazi germany
December 8, 1941
The USA declares war on Japan
Date and define D-day
June 6, 1944
D-Day was the Allied invasion of western Europe in WWII. It began on June 6, 1944, when U.S., British, and Canadian troops landed on five beaches in Normandy, France. By the end of August 1944, they had freed all of northern France
First attempt to assassinate hitler
July 20, 1944
Execution of Mussolini by Italian partisans
April 28, 1945
April 30, 1945
Hitler commits suicide
German surrender
May 7, 1945
May 8, 1945
Victory Europe Day
August 6 and 9, 1945
Atomic bombings on Nagasaki and Hiroshima
August 15, 1945
Japanese surrender
Official end of WW2?
September 2, 1945
The axis powers
the allianceconsisting of the signatories of the Tripartite Pact. The major Axis Powers were Germany, Italy, and Japan.
The allies
countries allied in opposition to the Axis Powers during World War II.
The major Allied powers were the UK, the USA and the USSR.
December 7, 1941
Japanse attack on Pearl Harbor, an American naval base in Hawaii, and on US air bases in the Philippines
The US had stopped selling Japan oil, because Japan took countries over in Asia, which made Japan angry.
Japan thought that if it destroyed the US navy, the US would be too weak to fight.
But instead, the attack made the US join the WW2 the next day
