War in Europe and Expands into Middle East

Monday, April 15, 2013 10:59 AM

Armanda 1588 Drenchaught Mitchell 1921-1925 Depression 1929 Manchuria 1931 Britain 1940 Axis Barbarrossa 1941 Indochina Yamamoto Pearl Harbor, Cahu 12.07.1941 War in Europe and Expands into Middle East

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Hitler has made no serious mistake Beginning of 1940 after all great victories he will make series of blunders 1st big mistake: only one state continued to impose Germany Continued to fight against Germany Great Britain Hitler first wanted to come to agreement with British, but Winston Churchill refused to negotiate with Germany Hitler decides to invade and conquer Great Britain Problem: army that sets port in GB will be stopped first by RAF RAF- royal air force Battle of Britain 1st air battle in history Because Hitler needed to get rid of the RAF before he could get into GB Hitler instead of continuing with RAF, he decided to use German air force to bomb British cities Believed if he killed lots of civilians, he could scare the rest into surrender German air force has killed thousands of people with bombing, but instead of giving up the Germans made the British more willing to continue the fight Impossible to win a war simply by bombing by air Instead of changing policy, Hitler continued with it not realizing that this would not stop the British from attacking 2nd bigger mistake: decides he will invade Soviet Union Even though British were still not defeated He wanted to wipe out Russian people Summer of 1941 he launches operation Barbarrossa German attack on Soviet Union Went very well for Germans, Russian land is flat and open, good for bombing and tanks 6 months Germans drove to moscow

Russia is huge, not like France Russian winter So cold that it makes their technology unable to function [tanks and air forces] December 7, 1941 Russians pushed Germans back from city Germans were not able to knock them out of the war Hitler also started two-front-war December 7 1941 was Pearl Harbor Between Asia and Pacific WWI Japanese were on Allies side While Allies were fighting in Europe, Japanese used time to conquer more land in Asia At Versailles conference, most of gains by Japanese were taken away Japanese gained very little Japanese history was same as German history First 10 years accepted Versailles treaty During 20s, Japanese developed democratic govt During 20s, world's economies were going well, therefore the Japanese economy was doing well Most densely populated country on earth Most people in japan moved off farms and gained some industry