Blitzkrieg in PolandBlitzkrieg in Poland
• Luftwaffe=German Airforce rained over Poland/dropped bombs
• Soviet Union invades from east
• 3 weeks Poland falls
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• Poland taken by the Germans
Invasion of France, May 1940Invasion of France, May 1940
Hitler invades Belgium, Denmark, & Norway.
- By passing the French “Maginot Line”
Trapping British & French forces at Dunkirk
British navy rescues most of them, taking them to Great Britain.
ResultsResults
• June 22, 1940 France surrenders
• Vichy government set up (Nazi puppet gov)
• Charles de Gaulle (french general) fled to Britain to set up government in exile
Battle for BritainBattle for Britain
• Summer 1940=Germans hit Britain hard with air raids.
• Hope: break will of British ppl.
• RAF fought back/developed radar
• British will remains unbroken.
• October 1940: Battle of Britain – draw.
US NeutralityUS Neutrality
• Cash & Carry Act, September 1939– US trades with belligerents– Buyers must pay cash & do all the shipping.
• Lend-Lease Act, March 1941: Lend or lease weapons to the Allies.
War in Europe 1940-1941War in Europe 1940-1941
• Axis Pact: June, 1940: Germany, Italy & Japan.
• July, 1941: Hitler invades the Soviet Union.
War in Asia, 1940 - 1941War in Asia, 1940 - 1941
• Japan continues war against China, 1940-1941.
• Japan invades Indochina, July, 1941.
• US stops all oil exports to Japan.
• Atlantic Charter signed, August, 1941.
• December 7, 1941:– Japan bombs Pearl Harbor.