Introduction into World War II Kristin Singleton
Major Players Adolf Hitler Franklin D Roosevelt USA Winston Churchill GREAT BRITAIN Joseph Stalin SOVIET UNION Adolf Hitler GERMANY Emperor Hirohito JAPAN Benito Mussolini ITALY
September 1, 1939 Hitler invades Poland on the West Stalin invades Poland on the East Poland remains occupied until Allied victory in 1945
France and Great Britain Declare WAR! September 3, 1939
Invasion of France: April 1940
Battle of Britain
Pearl Harbor “Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.” - President FDR
United States enter the war on the side of the Allies December 11, 1945
The Home Front Kristin Singleton
TOTAL WAR!
Finding Rosie