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WORLD WAR II (war turning point (leningrad was under seige for 2 years…
WORLD WAR II
war turning point
britain got by without american aid, sans lend lease act. aid began to pour into russia and britain when america entered
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america and britain smashed axis in africa, began to invade italy
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there were insurgence all over occupied europe: called partisans, make life difficult for german occupying parties.
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nazi occupied europe
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france
germans occupied north, southern france VICHY FRANCE, puppet "collaborationist" gov under president a general, authortarian gov, took nazi orders, rounded up ppl for holocaust
czechoslovakia
taken before ww2 began, czech part became a work camp country, occupied, not self governing, maximum use of economic resources for the war effort, jews there
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poland
much annexed directly to germany, but also governed by military
hungaray
hungarian fascists took control, collborative with germany, rounded up jews
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hitler didnt want to go into the balkans but mussolini invaded yugoslavia and he had to help. italy was a sucky ally
blitzkrieg warfare: lightning war, quickly bombing everywhere, surprise attacks, attempt to wipe out enemy ground airforce, penetrate fast & deeply into terriotry as possible, getting behind & circling enemy.
1940 took denmark, france (3 weeks), belgium, norway , netherlands, in two months
hitler gave up invading britain, fought to a draw.
spring 1941, took balkans with italy, east europe
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HOLOCAUST
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6 million victims, 3 million from poland, 2.5 million from western russia
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wannsee conferenece
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prior to death camps, jews were used as slave labors. those who couldnt work were sent to extermination camps. couldnt kill people fast enough.
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5 of camps in poland, but 1 in russia
japan in ww2
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used similar blitxkreig, kamakaze
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