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Major events of the war (1939-1945) German invasion of Poland 0 September 1st, 1939 0 Poland fell before France and Great Britain could respond. 0Hitler’s Blitzkrieg Attack - “Lightning war”- a combined attack of airplanes, tanks, and infantry (soldiers) to take enemy defenders by surprise and quickly defeat them. WWII Begins with Poland 0 The Invasion of Poland marks the beginning of World War II 0 Invasion ended with Hitler signing a nonaggression pact with the USSR and promised them ½ of Poland as well as Finland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. The Fall of France 0 May, 1940-June 1940 0 Germany’s organized armored attack on France, forced them to retreat to the sea. 0 Troops were rescued by British ships, but were unable to resist Germany. 0 June 22, 1940: France signs an armistice with Germany – the country fell to Germany in six weeks! Battle of Britain 0 September 1940 0 Hitler’s Luftwaffe (air force) attacked cities to break the British morale and destroy the RAF (Royal Air Force) 0 Britain retaliated with Radar and the Enigma, a decoder for German secret messages. 0 Churchill’s speeches kept the British morale up! 0 May 10, 1941, Hitler called off the attack and turned focus to the Soviet Union. German invasion of Soviet Union June 22, 1941 0 Hitler invades an unprepared Soviet Union. 0 The Soviets refuse to surrender the city of Leningrad. Germany captures Moscow. 0 By January of 1943, with the Battle of Stalingrad, Hitler’s lost too many troops to the Russian winter and the Soviet forces, including women and children soldiers! 0 German troops forced to retreat: turning point in the war! Germany has lost too many men! They can no longer attack, only defend! Battle of Stalingrad 0 Historians estimate over 1 million Soviets died, including civilians in the six month struggle. 0 Germans lost 500,000 men. Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941 0 The US cut off trade with Japan after its brutal invasion of China and its takeover of several islands in the Pacific. 0 As a result, Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the US Navy base in Hawaii. Damaged or sunk 19 ships, killed 2,300 people and wounded 1,100. 0 US declared war on Japan and its allies…joins the war! D-Day (Allied invasion of Europe) June 6, 1944 0 US General Dwight D. Eisenhower, ordered the attack on Normandy, coast in northwestern France. 0 Largest invasion force in world history! 0 After a month after landing at Normandy, Allied troops liberated Paris from the Germans. 0 By September, Allies moved on to Germany. 0 April 29, 1945, Hitler married Eva Braun and they committed suicide the next day. 0 May 7, 1945, General Eisenhower accepted unconditional surrender from Germany. (V-E Day) Atomic bombs dropped August, 1945 0 President Truman knew there would be heavy U.S. casualties if they invaded Japan, so he offered them an opportunity to surrender. Japan did not reply. 0 On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. (killed about 80,000 people). Japan did not surrender. 0 On August 9, a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki (killed 70,000 people) 0 Japanese finally surrendered to General Douglas MacArthur on September 2, 1945. (V-J Day) Exit Ticket m.socrative.com Room Name: TUNING144 Last name, first name