AP European History – Chapter 28: WW2 Flow Map



AP European History – Chapter 28: WW2 Flow Map

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WW2

1939-45

Axis Powers (G-I-J)

vs.

Allies (GB-F-USSR-USA)

Battle Theaters:

Europe

Atlantic Ocean

North Africa

East Asia

Pacific Islands

1931

-J invades Manchuria

-L of N Lytton Report condemns action > J resigns > No sanction

1932

1933

-Hitler comes to power, re-arms

1934

-G / Poland Non-aggression Pact

1935

-GB/F/I Stresa Front = status quo via force

-I attacks Ethiopia, LofN condemns, no act

1936

-Rome-Berlin Axis

-G re-occupies Rhineland

-Spanish Civil War: Fascist v. Republican

1937

-Spanish Civil War > G bombs Guernica

-J invades China, atrocities in Nanjing+

1938

-Spanish Civil War

-Anschluss of Austria

-Munich conference re: Sudetenland = appeasement

1939

-Fascist Franco wins Sp. Civil War

-G invades Czechoslovakia

-Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

-G “blitzkrieg” v Poland 9/1/39

-Sitzkrieg… waiting, Maginot Line?

-Axis Powers incl. G-I+J

1940

-Sitzkrieg > Blitzkrieg W. Eur. > Dunkirk

-Battle of Britain (Op. Sea Lion)

1941

-G attacks USSR (Op. Barbarossa)

-I attacks GB in N. Africa. Greece & Albania

-G takes over Greece, Yugoslavia, N. Africa

-J conquers China, Indochina, SE Asia

-Atlantic Charter GB + US

-J attacks Pearl Harbor, HI 12/7/41= US entry

1942

-J conquers Indonesia, Philippines, islands

-GB stops G@ El Alamein (N.Afr.)

-Doolittle Raid

-US stops J Coral Sea/ US def. J @ Midway

-US “Island Hopping” begins

-USSR def. G @ Stalingrad, G retreat

-Casablanca Conf = N. Afr. 1st

-US-GB v G in N. Afr. (Op. Torch)

1943

-Tehran Conference 2nd front? USSR > J?

-US-GB invade Sicily>Italy+Soviets from E

-US-GB “carpet bomb” in G/Italy

1944

-D-Day 6/6/44 (Op. Overlord)

-Battle of Bulge (G last offensive)

1945

-Yalta Conference = Post war Eur.

-Hitler suicide 4/30/45

-VE Day 5/8/45

-Potsdam Conference = Free elect? Divide G

-A-bombs + VJ Day 9/2/44

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