World War II Flashcards
(45 cards)
These embarrassing defeats force Mussolino to approach ___ for help
Hitler
In April of 1941, German troops blitzkrieg into the ___, defeating ___, ___, and ___ by June 1, 1941
-Balkans
-Greece
-Albania
-Yugoslavia
At the same time, the German Afrika Korpse was formed, and began invade Egypt
-Erwin Rommel-The Dessert Fox
By the summer of 1941, German troops were driving forces through ___ on their way to ___
-Egypt
-Cairo
Germany also saw the chance to deal a ___
Sleeping enemy a fatal blow
June 22, 1941-Operation Barborosa
Hitler betrays the pact with Stalin and invades the Soviet Union
German troops raced through ____, ____, ____, and the ____
Eastern Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuaniam and the Soviet Union
By December of 1941, Germany had conquered over ___ miles of ___, inflicted more than ___, and where within sites of the
-500 miles
-Soviet Territory
-1.7 million casualties in the Red Army
-Kremlin in Moscow before halting their attacks for the winter
It appeared that nothing could stop the Germans,
and 1942 might bring about the end of the war.
Meanwhile, in the Pacific……….
Meanwhile, in the Pacific……….
Japan’s war against China was starting to___
Grind on
Since 1937, Japan conquered large areas of China, but___
failed to bring about an end to the war
Supplies, mainly___, were starting to diminish and their only reliable supplier was the
-Oil
-United States
-If the war were to continue,
Japan needed new resources, and new access to oil
In June of 1940, Japan invaded the French colony ____
of Indo-China (Vietnam)
The United States places an ___ on ___ for this act, and found itself on count that would end with no ____
1.oil embargo
2.Japan
3.oil
During the summer of 1940, japan began to devise a plan to force the united states into ____
lifting the embargo, and withdrawing from the Pacific.
The Plan:
-Deal a decisive blow to the U.S ability to launch a offensive operations in the Pacific
-While the U.S. is recovering, sieze key islands in the Pacific and fortify them
-By the time the U.S. is ready to retake lost territory, the Japenese would be so entrenched that fighting would be horrific and bloody.
-The U.S., seeing the war would be too costly, would negotiate a peace favorable to Japan
who came up with a bold plan on where the decisive blow would land?
Admiral Yamomoto of the Imperial Japan.
What was the navies bold plan?
-Japanese carriers would secretly leave Japan, and launch an attack on the 7th Fleet in Pearl Harbor
-Through out November of 1941, Yamamoto and a fleet composed of 4 Japanese carriers approached the Hawaiian Islands.
On the morning of December 7, 1941, _____
Japanese airplanes surprised the 7th fleet
Tora, Tora, Tora-
means tiger, tiger, tiger. It was Japans code word
The attacks continued all morning, until the last wave was called off by Yamamoto.
-4 battleships sunk
-3 battleships damages
-2,402 Americans killed
The next day-
Franklin Roosevelt asks congress for a declaration of war on Japan
