History- WW2 Part 2 Flashcards
Poland
WW2 begins on the 3 September 1939.
Use Poland for the hunger plan.
Blitzkrieg vs Calvary
Holland, Norway and France
Invaded in 1940
Britain
Air strikes in 1940.
The Battle of Britain RAF vs Luftwaffe (Germany).
The Blitz.
Britain was outnumbered 3:1
Russia
Germany invaded Russia in 1941
Barbarossa
1941
USA.
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor (Hawaii).
Japan failed to damage any USA aircraft carriers.
9 December 1941
Stalingrad
1942
Germany is defeated.
Russians stayed close and had snipers.
Pacific Campaign
Japan vs USA
1942-1945
6 June 1944
D-Day.
The allies invaded Normandy.
German fight back- The Battle of the Bulge
April 1945
Hitler, Mussolini (Italy) and Roosevelt (USA) die.
Germany surrendered- VE (Victory for Europe) Day 8 May 1945
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Atomic bomb
Japan surrendered August 1945