Schick- AP Euro: World War II

German invasion of Poland was considered the beginning of the war
Britain told Germany to withdraw, but Hitler did not respond. They officially went to war when the ultimatum expired.
Germany conquered Poland by bombing them and sending in tanks
1940- German troops went into France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. Denmark and Norway had already fallen.
German officers that were victorious lived like kings
That last of the British Allies left France because of heavy fire from the Germans
France is split up; German supporters were put in positions of power
Heavy bombing of British cites (the Blitz) started September 1940 and ended May 1941
Germans didn't want to invade England anymore, and decides to invade the Soviet Union instead, breaking his pact with Stalin
Operation Barbarossa: the invasion to invade the Soviet Union
The German advance was very rapid
Over 3 million Soviet soldiers were killed
German tanks started to go to Moscow
They failed to take Moscow because of the Russian's defense

US Entrance Into the War

Pearl Harbor started the US involvement in the war
Japanese were discriminated against (similar to Middle Eastern people now)
Roosevelt made the Japanese go into camps, similar to ghettos
American convoy to Britain supplied them with what they were missing when Germans shut down industrialization
Hitler said that the convoy was the reason for going to war with the US
The US and Britain planned to send paratroopers behind enemy lines and bomb the defense from ships

Stalingrad

The Red Army surrounded the city after the Nazis had captured it, so the Nazis were trapped
The Germans were trapped, but they had better weapons
Both Stalin and Hitler said no surrender and no prisoners

Dropping Bombs

Nuremberg Trials

Laid down a foundation for world politics in the way that wars were waged and the rights of civilians
Also talked about genocide

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