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1 WWII Key Facts - ALLIES vs. AXIS 1 ALLIED FORCES (ALLIES) COUNTRY LEADER IMAGE Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt South Africa, Belgium, Holland, Norway, Greece, Poland AXIS POWERS COUNTRY Various LEADER Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia Various Emperor Hirohito & Hideki Tojo

2 2 Unification of Austria - ANSCHLUSS March 12 th, 1938 Germany, Austria Reichstag members applaud Hitler following his annexation of Austria, March 13, Germany, Austria - ANSCHLUSS, LEBENSRAUM, AUSTRIA, LEAGUE OF NATIONS

3 3 Sudetenland Invasion of Czechoslovakia September 1938 Germany, Czechoslovakia, England, France, Italy, USSR, and other participating Munich Conference attendees. After the Munich Agreement, Germany was given Sudetenland, a geographic area of Czechoslovakia that was predominantly German-speaking. Czechoslovakia - SUDETENLAND, MUNICH CONFERENCE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN, EDOUARD DALADIER, JOSEPH STALIN, ADOLF HITLER, NAZI-SOVIET PACT

4 4 Invasion of Poland - Blitzkrieg March, 1939 Germany, Poland Poland. German Panzers (Tanks) were heavily employed during the Blitzkrieg attack on Poland. - BLITZKRIEG, PANZER, WEHRMACHT, LUFTWAFFE

5 5 The Miracle at Dunkirk Operation Dynamo May/June 1940 Britain, Germany, France, Canada Dunkirk, France Thousands of civilian ships help evacuate and save soldiers from the German advance. - DUNKIRK, WINSTON CHURCHILL

6 6 Battle Over Britain Operation Sea Lion July-October, 1940 Britain, Germany German Luftwaffe battle the Royal Airforce (RAF) in dogfights over major British cities such as London. British airspace. - ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF), LUFTWAFFE, RADAR

7 7 Operation Barbarossa Invasion of the Soviet Union June 1941 Summer 1942 Germany, Soviet Union German Panzers lead the Blitzkrieg attack on the Western Front of the Soviet Union as they advance towards Moscow, the capital city. Western Part of Soviet Union, right up to the outskirts of Moscow.. - SOVIET, COMMUNISM,REICH, BLITZKRIEG, PANZER, WEHRMACHT, MOSCOW, TWO-FRONT BATTLE, RUSSIAN WINTER

8 8 Battle of Stalingrad Summer, 1942 Germany, Soviet Union The Battle of Stalingrad was one of the bloodiest in modern history and was fought primarily among the ruined buildings of the destroyed city. The city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia. - STALINGRAD, CLOSE COMBAT

9 9 Pearl Harbour Operation Hawaii December 7 th, 1941 United States of America, Japan The sneak attack on the American Naval Base marked the entry of Japan in to WWII on the side of Germany and Italy and United States on the Allied Side. Oahu, Hawaii, South Pacific - PEARL HARBOUR, SNEAK ATTACK,

10 10 Battle of Hong Kong December 8 th, 1941 Britain, Japan, Canada, China, Australia, India A Japanese Victory parade after the British surrender Hong Kong. Hong Kong, China - HONG KONG, PRISONER OF WAR CAMP

11 11 Battle of Dieppe Operation Jubilee August 19 th, 1942 Germany, Canada, Britain German Occupied port of Dieppe, Northern Coast of France. The Dieppe Raid was poorly planned and cost many young Canadian troops their lives. - DIEPPE, BLOODBATH, ATLANTIC WALL

12 12 Battle of Ortona AKA Little Stalingrad December 1943 Germany, Canada Small town of Ortona, central Italy. - Canadians were given the mission to capture the tiny, Italian town of Ortona because it was a key German command centre. Canadian Riflemen battle German soldiers in close quarter combat. - ORTONA, MOUSEHOLING

13 13 Battle of Normandy Operation Overlord (D-Day) June 6 th, 1944 Germany, Britain, U.S.A., Canada, France Normandy, Northwestern coast of France On June 6 th, 1944, The Allied Forces launched a large scale invasion to break the German lines along the Western Front in order to begin their drive towards Germany. - NORMANDY, OPERATION OVERLORD, FUNNIES, UTAH, OMAHA, GOLD, JUNO, SWORD, DECOYS

14 14 Battle of the Bulge Ardennes Offensive December, 1944 Britain, U.S.A., Germany German forces attempted to counter attack after their crushing defeat at Normandy in order to stop the Allied advance. Ardennes Forest, Belgium - ARDENNES,