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Things to Remember about World War II 1. 2. 3. 4. Allied Powers: Great Britain, United States, Soviet Union, China Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan Official beginning date: September 1, 1939 By Summer of 1940, Hitler had control of Europe with the exception of Great Britain. 1940 was the Battle of Britain when Hitler attempted to bomb Britain into submission. Prime Minister Winston Churchill stated that the British would never surrender. 5. American helps Britain with the Lend-Lease Act which provided necessary aid to help them keep fighting. 6. U.S. Declaration of War – Dec. 8, 1941 7. FDR and Churchill meet and draw up a plan to fight the war – concentrate of defeating Hitler first, then move all forces into the Pacific and fight all out against Japan. 8. When Germans are unsuccessful invading Britain, they decide to invade the Soviet Union instead, even though they have signed an agreement promising not to. REMEMBER: NAZIS ≠ COMMUNISTS!!! (Interesting fact: Hitler invades soviet union on June 22, 1941, 129 years to the day that Napoleon invaded Russia. Both were ultimately defeated!) 9. Soviet Union joins the Allies and Stalin becomes part of FDR and Churchill’s planning team. 10. ******1943 – Italy is defeated, Mussolini is deposed and killed and the Italians join the Allies.******** 11. D-Day – June 6, 1944 – Allied invasion of France. Goal was to liberate France from Nazi control – very costly invasion but it put Germany on defensive and began pushing them back across Europe. It was the beginning of the end in Europe. 12. Battle of the Bulge – last major German offensive in the war. 13. V-E Day - May 8, 1945 – Victory in Europe Day. Still celebrated in Russia – they lost more civilians than anyone else in the war! 14. Attention was turned to the Pacific – began a strategy called ‘island hopping’ – going from island to island and recapturing each one from Japanese. 15. Battle of Midway – Summer of 1942 – save Australia from invasion by Japanese. 16. By August of 1945 – Allies (primarily U.s. and Britain) had pushed the Japanese almost back to Japan recapturing most all territory including the Philippines (Douglas McArthur). Question of a full scale invasion of the dropping of the atomic bomb. 17. August 6, 1945 – First atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. August 9, 1945 – second atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. 18. V-J Day – September 2, 1945 – General Douglas MacArthur receives the Japanese surrender. 19. Nuremburg Trials & Tokyo War Crime Trials – trials held by the Allied nations – first time actions that were generally accepted as a part of war were declared crimes and their instigators tried. Most major leaders were executed. 20. ********Famous Generals/Admirals*********** General Dwight D. Eisenhower General George Patton Admiral Chester Nimitz General Douglas MacArthur Lt.General Omar Bradley