non – aggression pact to battle of britain sept. 1, 1939 to may 10, 1941
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Non – Aggression PactNon – Aggression Pacttoto
Battle of BritainBattle of Britain
Sept. 1, 1939
to
May 10, 1941
Soviet / German Non-Aggression Pact
• Public– will not attack each other
• Private– divide Poland– Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia to USSR
Soviet / German Non-Aggression Pact
Sept. 1, 1939
• Hitler’s Lightning Attack on Poland / blitzkrieg
Hitler Invades Poland
Sept. 3, 1939
• Britain and France declare war on Germany
• Germany takes western half of Poland
• USSR takes eastern half of Poland, Finland (not w/o a fight), Lithuania, Estonia
The Phony War
• 7 months of sitting
The Phony War
April 9, 1940
• Hitler invades and takes Denmark and Norway
Invasion of Denmark and Norway
Late April, 1940
• Hitler invades Holland, Belgium, and Luxembourg
• Hitler invades through Ardennes and meets up with forces in Belgium
Invasion of Holland, Belgium, and Luxembourg
May 26, 1940
• Allies retreat to Dunkirk
• 338,000 troops ferried by boat to England
June 10, 1940
• Mussolini joins Hitler and attacks France from south
June 14, 1940
• Paris falls
June 22, 1940
• France surrenders
July 1940
• Operation Sea Lion Begins– Hitler begins bombing Britain
• First– British airfields and aircraft factories
• Eventually– British cities
• Radar and Enigma machine help Britain resist
May 10, 1941
• Battle of Britain called off
• Germany turns attention South and East
• North Africa & the Soviet Union
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