WWII

Review for Final

Causes:

• The rise of dictators (Germany, Italy, Spain, USSR, Japan)

• Economic Depression

• Britain and France Appease Germany and Italy

• U.S. takes the policy of Isolationism

• Violation of the Treaty of Versailles (no military, Rhineland, Anschluss,

Sudetenland)

Start of the War

• 1st Hitler invades Poland with the USSR

• Hitler goes north to take Denmark

• Hitler Invades France by cutting through Belgium (France falls within

months)

• Hitler takes the Balkans and attempts to take Britain

Important Moments in the War

• Battle of Britain- nightly bombings by the Luftwaffe- the RAF is able to hold

them back. Churchill states that Britain will NEVER surrender, Hitler caves

after months of no success.

• Operation Barbarossa- Hitler's plan to attack the USSR from the Balkans-

Soviets use Scorch-earth-policy and retreat until they can regroup

• Italy is struggling in taking North Africa from Britain so Hitler Sends Erwin

Rommel to help they have success until Operation Torch

US Involvement

• Neutrality Acts- US to remain isolated

• Cash and Carry- only sell weapons

• Lend- Lease Act- We will send weapons to USSR and Britain even if they

cant pay

• Atlantic Charter- Sets the terms of the UN and US support for the Allies

• Pearl Harbor- Japanese's attach US military on Pearl Harbor- US declares

WAR

Turning Point Battles

• Midway- in the pacific, US decoded Japans plan and goes on the offensive

• Operation Torch- Montgomery and Eisenhower invade North Africa and

take it back from Axis powers

• Stalingrad- Millions dies but USSR prevailed- blocked in Germans and they

froze and starved

• Operation Overlord (D-Day)- Invasion to 5 beaches in Normandy France

• Battle of the Bulge- Germanys last attempt to win the war

Allies Win the War

• V-E Day

• Dropping of the 2 atomic bombs leads to Japan’s surrender

• V-J Day

Holocaust

• Nuremburg Laws- Laws that revoke Jews Citizenship

• Ghettos- Jews were relocated into Ghettos

• Concentration Camps- relocation camps that later became “Death Camps”