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The Course of WWII I. Europe A. France and Britain declare war (Sept. 3, 1939) after Poland 1. Result of Blitzkrieg 2. USSR & Germany divide Poland B. Denmark & Norway after winter C. Netherlands, Belgium & France
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The Course of WWII • I. Europe • A. France and Britain declare war (Sept. 3, 1939) • after Poland • 1. Result of Blitzkrieg • 2. USSR & Germany divide Poland • B. Denmark & Norway after winter • C. Netherlands, Belgium & France • D. France surrenders on June 22, 1940 (Vichy • France) • E. Great Britain • 1. Luftwaffe launches major offensive against • British targets • 2. Change of strategy to cities allows for build- • up • 3. Africa & oil cut-off
F. U.S.S.R. • 1. Britain & the U.S.S.R. • 2. Delay in the Balkans & Mussolini • 3. June 22, 1941 invasion • 4. Soviet Winter halted advances 25 miles from • Moscow (1800 mile front) • G. Declaration of War on the U.S. (result of Anti- • Comintern Pact) • II. Japan • A. December 7, 1941 • B. Pearl Harbor, Malaya, Philippines • 1. Great East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere • C. U.S. decadence, Chinese nationalists & Hitler • D. April 18, 1942 – Doolittle Raids • III. Turning Point (1942-1943) • A. U.S.A. & the Grand Alliance • 1. U.S.S.R., British & U.S. relations
a. Lend-Lease • B. Military Operations & • Unconditional Surrender • 1. Rommel & Africa • a. Egypt & Alexandria/Soviets & • Crimea • b. El Alamein & German retreat • (1942) • c. Surrender May 1943 • 2. Stalingrad (’42-’43) • 3. Pacific Theater • a. Coral Sea (Pacific) & Australia • b. Battle of Midway & MacArthur • c. Indonesian Island hopping