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Lend-Lease Act (p.712-713)1. For years USA loans war munitions to friendly
nations
2. In March 1941, US Congress passes the
Lend-Lease Act
a. Grant aid to any nation that is in the
American interest
b. In return, Americans would get land or
strategic locations
c. Britain, China, USSR receive help
Hitler invades the Balkans
1. Hitler marches into
the Balkans in 1941
2. Yugoslavia and
Greece fall to the
Nazi Blitzkrieg
3. Bulgaria, Romania, and Hungary ally
themselves with the Nazis
Hitler attacks the USSR
1. Hitler always feared
a two-front war
2. He decides to
defeat the USSR
before re-attacking
Great Britain
3. The Nazi attack is called “Operation
Barbarossa”
4. Germany wanted:
a. Leningrad –
b. Moscow –
c. Stalingrad –
d. Ukraine –
5. June 22, 1941, the Nazis are on the
offensive and Blitzkrieg the USSR
6. Stalin is shocked and orders “Scorched Earth Policy.”
7. Hitler wipes out Ukraine killing 500,000 people in the city of Kyiv (Kiev)
8. Nazis surround Leningrad for 2 years
a. Starve out the city
b. 2/3 of the people die
c. The city never falls to Hitler
9. Attacks Moscow but never takes the city
10.Stalin moves the countries riches to Siberia