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WW2 Flashcards

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Two main groups:

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The Axis (Germany, Italy and Japan) and the Allies (Great Britain, France and Poland, later in 1941 the Soviet Union and the USA joined the Allies)

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Germany starts invading the whole Europe, when?

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between 1939 and 1941

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France is invaded in … and divided into two parts:

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1940

the northern part occupied by Germany and the southern part whose government collaborated with the Nazis

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Hitler breaks the pact he had with Stalin in

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1941 and starts invading the Soviet Union, so the USSR joins the allies

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5
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Japan attacks Pearl Harbour (USA) in … and starts invading Asia, Hitler declares war on the …

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1941

USA

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From … to …, the Axis were winning. The allies couldn’t do anything so they started to create

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1939 - 1942

resistance groups in occupied countries, spreading propaganda, collecting information and attacking important targets

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In … Germany put Jews in ghettos, many died there from starvation or disease and from …, the Nazis thought of putting the Jews in concentration camps (6 million Jews died during WW2)

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1939

1942

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In …, the USA defeats Japan and they avenge Pearl Harbour

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1942

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9
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In …, Germany starts losing all the battles

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1943

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In …, the Allies arrive in Poland and they free Jews that were trapped in concentration camps

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1945

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In April …, the Soviet Union arrives in Berlin, and they defeat the Germans. Hitler commits suicide and Mussolini is assassinated

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1945

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In August 1945, two atomic bombs are dropped by the … in Hiroshima and Nagasaki to stop Japan

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USA

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1939

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Germany invades Poland, therefore Britain and France declared war.

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1940

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Germany invades Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Luxembourg, the netherlands, france.

France is defeated, german occupation.

Battle of Britain (Germany fails)

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1941

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Operation Barbarossa: Germany attacks USSR, Germany broke peace pact.

Japan attacks Pearl Harbour.

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1942

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Battle of Midway: The USA defeats Japan.

17
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1943

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German troops surrendered at Stalingrad (Soviet Union victory over Germany)

Italy surrenders to the Allies

18
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1944

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D-Day: Allies liberate Normandy, the US led this operation in order to recover European territories occupied by Germany

Allies liberate Paris

19
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1945

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Soviet Army takes Berlin, the capital of Germany, because after that Germans signed their surrender

US air-forces dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki which led to Japan’s rendition

20
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Resistance

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Resistance groups (allies) against the Axis. They existed in occupied countries, spreading propaganda, collecting info., attacking important targets …

21
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Occupation

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Nazis occupied and invaded countries like France, Poland, the netherlands, …

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