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In May 1940 the Germans invaded Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg to get to France. They passed through the Ardennes forest to get to France's north coast. The French army was eventually pushed to the beaches of Dunkirk. The French were outnumbered and outgunned. Britain called in support ships to get the troops out with the help of some battleships and citizens boats. The Germans then took France.

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Most Americans felt that the United States should not get involved in the war.

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He easily took over many countries in Europe and Africa, But the USSR was a different story. Although the USSR were his allies, Hitler still attempted to invade them. He captured the city of Leningrad, and starved around 1 million people. When the USSR refused to surrender, he moved in on the capital city, Moscow. But as winter set in, German forces had not prepared for the cold, and were wearing summer uniforms. Regardless, Hitler said "No Retreat!" His advance on the USSR gained him nothing and cost 500,000 German lives.

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From 1935 to 1939, congress passed the series of acts called the Neutrality Acts. These laws made it illegal to sell arms or lend money to nations at war. In 1939 however, President Roosevelt asked congress to allow the allies to buy american arms. Then in march 1941 the Lend-Lease act allowed the president to lend and lease arms and other supplies to any nation that is vital to the United States.

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Japanese forces begin to invade the islands in the Pacific taking: Hong Kong, Indonesia, the Philippines and India. The people of the region were treated poorly and captured allied soldiers were led to Death Marches.

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In the Summer of 1940 Germany started bombing Great Britain.

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In the Summer of 1940 Germany started bombing Great Britain.

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Germany targeted British airfields but later on wanted to break British moral and targeted cities such as London

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In June of 1940, the Germans had advanced there military up through Paris, giving France no choice but to surrender later that month.

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Guam and wake ISland quickly got defeated

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On September 17, Stalin sent one million troops into Finland, The Soviets expected an quick and easy win so they were not prepared for the cold weather and this was a big mistake. Even though the fin lands were out numbered and outgunned they still defended there country. The Soviets struggled to make progress through the harsh weather and they suffered heavy losses but in the end they ended up winning.

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The Phony War was a war of no engagement between the both sides fighting. Both would stare at each other "bored." This "war" started when Stalin sent his troops.

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On September 1, 1939, Germany has their first "lightening attack". A lightening attack was a new war technique they were trying out. First, fast planes and tanks would storm in, surprising them. Then, they would be followed by soldiers with weapons. This technique did work in the case of Poland. Germany then went on to countries North of Poland. They thought this would be a quick victory and didn't pack the materials for the unexpected winter war ahead of them. They were outnumbered and outgunned but eventually won the war. They went into a phony war with Great Britain and France but then went on to lightening attack both Denmark and Norway. These attacks were quick and successful.

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On September 1, 1939, Germany has their first "lightening attack". A lightening attack was a new war technique they were trying out. First, fast planes and tanks would storm in, surprising them. Then, they would be followed by soldiers with weapons. This technique did work in the case of Poland. Germany then went on to countries North of Poland. They thought this would be a quick victory and didn't pack the materials for the unexpected winter war ahead of them. They were outnumbered and outgunned but eventually won the war. They went into a phony war with Great Britain and France but then went on to lightening attack both Denmark and Norway. These attacks were quick and successful.

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Japanese also moved westward, taking over Burma, planned to launch a strike against India.

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Americans cracked one of Japan's secret codes

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Americans cracked one of Japan's secret codes

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By October 1940 Americans cracked one of Japan's codes. They found out Japan's plans to conquer European colonies. This would threaten American controlled colonies.

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The United States being involved in the war 

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The United States being involved in the war 

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The Unites States was involved in an undeclared naval war with Hitler.

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Stalin had agreed to sign a nonaggression pact that lasted for ten years with Hitler and this allowed them to take over Poland.

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Stalin had agreed to sign a nonaggression pact that lasted for ten years with Hitler and this allowed them to take over Poland.

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Roosevelt cut off oil shipments to japan. They decided to bomb Hawaii, to catch the US by surprise. Pearl Harbor had been bombed on December 7,1941. Within 2 hours, they had sunk or damaged 19 ships, 2,300 Americans killed and 1,100 wounded. Almost at the same time as the Pearl Harbor attack the Japanese launched bombing raids on the British colony of Hong Kong and American controlled Guam and Wake Island. 

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Roosevelt cut off oil shipments to japan. They decided to bomb Hawaii, to catch the US by surprise. Pearl Harbor had been bombed on December 7,1941. Within 2 hours, they had sunk or damaged 19 ships, 2,300 Americans killed and 1,100 wounded. Almost at the same time as the Pearl Harbor attack the Japanese launched bombing raids on the British colony of Hong Kong and American controlled Guam and Wake Island. 

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The battle of Britain taught the allies that Hitlers attacks could be blocked

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FDR wanted to overturn the Neutrality acts so the US could support the Allies

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Britian decides to fight hard agaisnt germany becuase a speech given from winston. Germany attacks britian hoping to take down the RAF (royal air force). They where doing good but then britain makes a change. The had two advantages on Germeny the Radar and Enigma. Enigma was a code cracking device and the Radar could detected enemy planes giving them there position and speed in the air.

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Once the new prime minister, Winston Churchill, came in office, he declared the Britains would never give up to the Germans.