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Pearl Harbor: who

Japan [militarists such as General Tojo Hideki] against U.S. [President Roosevelt]
Alies gained a vital boost

Pearl Harbor: Japan's payback towards the U.S. for what?

U.S. froze their assets

Pearl Harbor: Goal of Japan

To cripple the U.S. army

Pearl Harbor: U.S. involvement with WWII

Started U.S. involvement.

Pearl Harbor: Why Japan did it

Japan was trying to conquer China, America wanted to stop them. Japan bombarded Pearl Harbor Hawaii to keep America from interfering with their conquest of China

Japan's allies

Germany and Italy- declared war on the United States after Roosevelt declared war on Japan

Pearl Harbor: Immediate effects

Positive for Japan- European and American lands fell to Japan- Philippines and other pacific islands, Hong Kong, Burma, and Malaya.

Pearl Harbor: Effect on Japanese empire

Empire stretched from Southeast Asia to the western Pacific Ocean.
Axis powers [Japan Germany and Italy] had reached the high point [followed by downfall]

Operation Barbarossa: Who?

German invasion of Soviet Union [Russia]

Operation Barbarossa: Goal of Germany

Hitler wanted to defeat Soviet Union to defeat Communism and his rival, Stalin, and annex their land to gain oil/resources

Operation Barbarossa: Germany going against what pact?

Hitler goes against non-aggression pact that said Germany and Russia wouldn't attack each other.

Operation Barbarossa: Tactic

Surprise attack

Operation Barbarossa: Reason

Hitler wanted to rid the high amount of Jews in Soviet Union

Operation Barbarossa: Failure or success on Germanys part?

Failure- Russia's bad weather caused technology to not work. Germany forced to retreat.

Operation Barbarossa: War tactic

Blitzkrieg on Germany's part. Scorched Earth policy on Russia's part.

Operation Barbarossa: German siege of Leningrad

Germany purposefully starved Leningrad to make Russians weaker- food rationed, Leningraders ate almost anything. Many died and survivors struggled to defend their city

Operation Barbarossa: Russia and Britain

Stalin urged Britain to open a second front in Western Europe. Churchill couldn't offer much help but Britain and Russia worked together.

Battle of Midway: Who

America vs Japan, battle for Pacific

Battle of Midway: Victory or defeat for America?

First naval victory

Battle of Midway: Why?

Japan was trying to take over pacific, America knew they were coming and wanted to ambush Japan before they could take over Midway islands

Battle of Midway: Effect on Japanese navy

Weakened them, stopped their advance

Battle of Midway: Effect on United States

They took the offensive. Marked the beginning of "island hopping" campaign, goal to recapture some Japanese islands while bypassing others

Battle of Midway: Island hopping

Gradually moving north through islands to Japan itslef

Battle of Stalingrad: Who

Russia and Germany

Battle of Stalingrad: Victory or defeat for Germany?

Germany surrenders, huge defeat. Saw victory as crucial to their campaign then lost

Battle of Stalingrad: Effect on Russia

Made Russia offencive in war

Battle of Stalingrad: Why Russia won

Germany couldn't afford to send reinforcements. Russia refreshed their soldiers

Battle of Stalingrad: Tactics

Germany surrounded the city. Russians encircled their attackers. Russia=scorched earth policy

Battle of Stalingrad: Similar to what other battle?

Operation Barbarossa

Battle of Stalingrad: Why Hitler wanted Stalingrad

Stalin=big rival, determined to capture the city named after Stalin.

El Alamein: Who

Axis: Germany and Italy against Allies: England and America under Montgomery and Eisenhower

El Alamein: Where

Egypt/ Africa, England tricked Italy by telling them they'd attack from the south, then attacked from the north.

El Alamein: German and Italian troops were...

Spread out in Africa, but English troops were concentrated in the north

El Alamein: Desert Fox

After Montgomery stopped Rommels advance they drove Germany an dItaly back across Libya into Tunisa

El Alamein: Dwight Eisenhower

Commanded a jont Anglo-American force in Morocco an dAlgeria. Advanced on Tunisia from the west. Trapped Rommels army.

D-Day: Who

Allies [England and America] invading France to take it away from Germany

D-Day: Tactics

Midnight sneak attack- spanes dropped paratroopers, ships ferried troops across the English Channel. Broke through German defenses and advanced toward Paris

D-Day: Why

To take France away from German rule, conquer Germany and defeat Japan

D-Day: French resistance forces

Rose up against occupying Germans. Caused Germany to retreat

D-Day: Victory or defeat for Allies?

Victory, entered Paris and set France Free

Battle of the Bulge: Who

Allied forces in France battling toward Germany [Hitler]

Battle of the Bulge: What happened

Germany's last chance at regaining France, Massive counterattack.

Battle of the Bulge: Effect on Allies

Delayed advance but eventually the Allies crossed the Rhine into western Germany.

Battle of the Bulge: Effect on Axis

Hitler's last success.

Fall of Berlin: Tactics

Siege on Berlin, Allied troops surrounded and invaded Berlin

Fall of Berlin: Effect on Germany

Split into East with Axis and West with Allies [Berlin Wall]

Fall of Berlin: Effect on war in Europe

American and Russian soldiers met and shook hands at the Elbe river. Axis armies began to surrender

Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Who

Issued by American Truman on Japan

Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Why

Japan wouldn't surrender to Truman. America warned them of horrific consequences if they didn't surrender.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Technology

Atomic and nuclear bombs were newest technology

Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Why these places?

Both were of military/economic importance to Japan

Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Effect on War

Ended war in the Pacific.

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What was one reason the Operation Barbarossa turning point in the war?

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