1. WWII—The Beginning

2. German Blitzkrieg
___________________=Lightning War—fast moving planes and tanks, then massive _________ forces
Germany invades Poland _____________, 1939—the start of ___________
France and Great Britain declare war on ________ Sept. ____

3. Soviets Move Sept. 17, __________ invade eastern half of _____________
Then annexed countries north of ______________
__________ resisted, 1 million __________ troops sent in, suffered _____ losses before Finn surrender

4. The Phony War
________ and British troops on _________ Line facing Germans on ___________ Line
Nothing for several months--__________
____ 1940, Germany invades ___________ and ______, prepares for attacks on Britain and ______________

5. France Falls
_______ 1940, German sweep through Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg
____________ attack through Ardennes Forest & into _________ quickly
Germans trapped large __________ force at ___________, forced evacuation of 338,000 troops

6. France Falls, cont. ____________, 1940, Germans take ________
France surrenders June _______
____________ control of northern France
_______ France in south—____________ government (Petain)
_____________ set up government in exile in ___________—resistance movement

7. Battle of Britain
__________ vows to not give in after _________ surrender
_________ plans to invade ___________
First, plan to take out _________________
1940 _____________ begins to _________ Britain—first airfields, then cities

8. Battle of Britain, cont.
2 RAF advantages—______ and _______ machine (decoder)
___________ 1940, Luftwaffe begins night time ___________
______ 1941 Hitler calls off attacks—1st time ______ stopped

9. Axis Aggression in Africa
_________ invaded Egypt, Britain defeated _________ there
Germany saved ____
______________, the “Desert Fox,” sent in with his Afrika Korps
___________pushes ________ back, won Tobruk

10. Hitler’s Invasions Invaded _____________ countries 1941
Invaded ____ June 1941, pushed _______ miles in
________ 1941 siege of Leningrad began
Drive on _____________ began in _____ 1941, reached outskirts of city
_________ held line until German retreat in ______ 1943, lost ___________ men

11. U.S. Aid ________ Acts 1935 & 37 Sept ’39 _____________ ok’d
March 1941 __________ ________________ Act
Summer 1941 U.S. Navy escorting ________ ships
______________—U.S. & UK--upheld free trade
___________ 1941, German and _______ navy fire on each other