WW2 Flashcards
1935
Saar taken back (referendum)
Mar 1936
Troops in Rhineland + Ruhr
Mar 1938
Anchluss with Austria (forbidden by Treaty)
Oct 1938
Reclaimed Sudetenland (Munich Agreement)
Mar 1939
Took control whole of Czechoslovakia
Aug 1939
Non-aggression with USSR (Russia - Soviet Union)
3 September
Ultimatum expired, war was declared
Axis
Germany, Italy, Japan
Allies
All commonwealth countries (Britain, France, later USA)
Polish resistance
Defeated in 3 weeks
Phony war
7 months
1940
Blitzkrieg (lightning war) new war tactic
Apr 1940
Norway, Finland invaded
May 1940
Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, France invaded - defeated 6 weeks ago
Jul - Oct 1940
Luftwaffe bombed British airfields, military bases, towns/cities
Blitz
Night attacks
Germany Leader
Adolf Hitler
Italy Leader
Benito Mussolini
Japan Leader
Hideko Tojo
Britain Leader
Winston Churchill
USA Leader
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Russia Leader
Joseph Stalin