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Germany invades Czechoslovakia
Czechosolvakia was a major military and industrial power. It would have been a formidable addition to the Allies in a war against Germany, both because of this power and because of its location to Germany's south -
The Soviet-Nazi Pact
The Nazi- Soviet Pact was an agreement between Germany and Russia that promised neither would attack the other for 10 years. There was also an economic agreement attached it to that said Germany would exchange manufactured goods for Russia's raw materials. The pact only last 2 years before Germany inavded Russia. -
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Beginng of World War II and End of World War II
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The Phoney War
a defensive super-trench on the border, which French generals believed would keep France safe from Nazi attack. The period came to be called ‘the phoney war’. Britain was able to consolidate its preparations for war -
Canada enters the war
In order to defeat the Nazis, who were trying to control the world by force. As a part of the British Commonwealth of Nations, Canada declared war on Hitler's Germany, -
The Invasion of Poland
Heydrich issues instructions to SS Einsatzgruppen (special action squads) in Poland regarding treatment of Jews, stating they are to be gathered into ghettos near railroads for the future "final goal." He also orders a census and the establishment of Jewish administrative councils within the ghettos to implement Nazi policies and decrees. Nazis and Soviets divide up Poland. Over two million Jews reside in Nazi controlled areas, leaving 1.3 million in the Soviet area. -
The Invasion of Norway, Denmark, Holland and Belgium
Hitler invaded norway, denmark, holland, and belgium because It it would mean that Germany occupied the whole of Western Europe and could concentrate of Hitler's original intention which was to invade and conquer the Soviet Union -
The Fall of France
They concentrated most of their military on the Maginot line. When it fell, France had no other defense against the Germans. -
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The Invasion of France
ttempting to take over all of Europe - France was just one more portion of the lands to conquer that he could reach by direct land routes from Germany. He felt he was superior to others, this was just one more portion of that effort. -
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The Miracle at Dunkirk
French and British had been badly defeated by Germany in the Battle of France. At Dunkirk the British army had been pushed back to the beaches by the German forces and faced total wipeout. -
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The Battle of Britain
Hitler wanted more power, and take over the world and the British at the time were the ones who had the most power/influence over Canada, in order for him to get to Canada hitler would have to battle with britain -
Operation Barbarossa
Germany's offensive into the USSR. An effort to take their land for extra living space for the master race, an attempt to seize the coal and oil rich land of Ukraine and Caucasus with its agricultural capacity, secondly to take the Baltic area and also drive on Moscow. -
The attack on Pearl Harbor
The Imperial Japanese Navy made its attack on Pearl Harbor on the morning of December 7, 1941. The surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, was aimed at the Pacific Fleet of the United States Navy and its defending Army Air Forces and Marine air forces. The U.S. public saw the attack as a treacherous act and rallied against the Imperial Japan, causing the United States to enter World War II.
