War around the world.My God the mess.

Hitler, you little genius.

• So the Germans took Czechoslovakia, but like a fat person in a buffet line, he wanted more. He wanted Poland.

• He was also worried because he didn’t want to fight 2 fronts again, like in WWI, so he signed a non-aggression treaty with Stalin.

• Stalin and the communist was one of the worst enemies, so everybody was pretty shocked.

Quick victories.

• September 1st, 1939, Hitler ordered an invasion of Poland. Two days later the British and the French declared war on Germany, starting the WWII.

• They used planes and tanks in a type of word called blitzkrieg, which means lighting war.

• Poland, Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Norway fell under German control. France put on a fight and built its defenses along the Maginot Line, anyway in June 1940 they fell too.

Eastern front.

• 2 years after the non-aggression treaty guess what Hitler did?

• In June 22nd, 1941, Hitler invaded the Soviet Union, so obviously they joined the Allies.

• The Germans captured huge amount of lands, the Soviet Army lost millions of soldiers, by December they reached Moscow and Leningrad.

• Everything was working but Germans weren’t prepared for winter, soldiers froze to death, weapons and tanks didn’t work, that’s when the Russian attack and in 5 months. February 2nd, 1943 they surrender.

The Japanese.

• Even when they were neutral, the favored the Allies, anyway USA stayed back.

• December 7th, 1941 Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, USA declared war on Japan the very next day. Hitler and Mussolini declared war on USA.

• Obviously the American started gaining some lands back.

American power.

• In North Africa, the Germans and Italians almost gained control of the Suez Canal, almost…

• In 1943 the British and American stopped them and the battle was now against the Axis Power.

• They took Italy next, sent Mussolini out of the office, not even Germany could help.

Japan was next.

• June 6th, 1944 the Allies landed in Normandy, France. The invasion called D-Day.

• All the soldiers the Allies brought made it impossible for them to fight back and the Soviets moved on the East, so they were trapped.

• On May 8th 1945 Germany officially surrendered.• So only Japan was next and they tried to endure but…

Activity.

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