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- - - - operation barbarossa
      - attack began June 22 1941, breaking the aggression pact
      - Stalin did no believe an invasion would occur until 1942, when both England and France would be defeated
      - total of 3400 tanks and 3 million men used in the German invasion
  - - - in September Germans begin the "blitz" and shift their bombing to London and abandon invasion
      - between September 1940 may 1941 two million houses (most in London were destroyed and 60 000 civilians were killed
      - Seige of Leningrad
        
        September 8 1941 - January 27th 1944
        
        part of operation Barbarossa
        
        civilians tuned dug ant tank dishes around the city
        
        two hundred thousand red army defenders protected 3 000 000 inhabitants
        
        with the help of the finnish, Germany army invades 2nd largest city is USSR
        
        city would be surrounded (siege). shelling and air raids continues for almost 900 days
        
        in 1942, 650 000 died during the siege
        
        soviet offensive in 1944 was able to lift the siege
  - - - in november 1943 stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt met in Teheran to discuss a second front in Europe
      - objective was to liberate frane
      - largest air and sea operation in history
      - the plan involver assaults on five beaches west of the one river near Caen
      - 2,727 ships sailed to the Normandy coast and on the first day 156 000 men landed along and 60km front to face 50 German division
      - by the end of the month allied have secured the beaches and begin offensive to Paris
      - Paris is liberated on August 25 1944
- - - - first two years Japan appeared to have the upper hand
      - after the attack on Pearl Harbour, Japanese forces quickly occupied Malaya, Singapore, Hong Kong, Philippines, Guam and Wake island.
      - Japan also conquered Burma in the west, and pushed south through French Indochina and the Dutch East Indies to reach Australia's doorstep in New Guinea
      - this gave Japan and early advantage
      - Kokoda Campaign
        
        Japan's only option to seize port moresby seemed to be an overland assault through dense jungle along a narrow path knwon as the Kokoda Trail
        
        sometimes known as the Kokoda Track, is roughly 96 kilometres long narrow path in New Guinea, connecting port moresby to the village of Kokoda
        
        surrounded by steep mountains and jungle, the trail was frequently a river of sticky mud and it was extremely slippery.
        
        the first clash of the Kokoda campaign occurred on 23 July, when a small Australian platoon sowed the Japanese advance across the Kumusi River, before falling back to Kokoda
        
        on 29 July 80 men defended Kokoda against a Japanese attack, suffering heavy casualties as they engages in hand-to-hand fighting.
        
        the battle of Isurava was a major turning point in the Kokoda campaign
        
        approximately 625 Australians were killed fighting along the Kokoda Trail
        
        in the immediate aftermath of the campaign, member of Maroubra Force were hailed as 'the men who saved Australia'
        
        Kokoda Trail
- - - - Germany was required to surrender large sections of its territory and all of its overseas colonies
      - Germany was required to limit its army 100 000 men who were mostly volunteers
      - Germany prohibited from possessing any air force, tanks submarines or heavy artillery
      - Germany was required to accept full responsibility of starting the war and forces to pay reparations
      - agreed that Germany should pay 7 billion British pounds
      - the great depression
        
        October 1929
        
        prices of stocks crash
        
        14$ billion lost in one day
        
        people were receiving about 10c every 1$they invested
        
        affects of the great depressions was felt around the globe
        
        Germany was one of the worst affected nations during this time
        
        suffering: mass unemployment, record prices rising, falls in the standard of living
        
        workers went on strike. German currency depreciate in value and the economy suffered as foreign investors moved their money out of Germany
- - - - as Australia because more involved in the war and the need for men and resources grew higher, women were given the opportunity to take one more
      - women were not sent overseas to fight but trained in many of the home-front tasks so that servicemen would be freed up to join overseas forces
      - by the end of the war
        
        each of the three australian military services formed their own women's auxiliary
        
        WAAAF: womens auxiliary Australian air force
        
        AWAS: Australian women's army services
        
        WRANS: womens royal Australian naval service
        
        some involved in traditional mens roles, as signallers, truck and ambulance drivers
        
        they were payed roughly two thirds of mens pay rates
        
        example of WAAAF