A | B |
Poland | invaded by Germany and Russia |
German invasion of Poland | start of World War II |
France | invaded by Germany |
Paris | capital of France |
London | capital of England |
bombing of London | start of Battle of Britain |
naval bases | what the U.S. got from Great Britain |
war supplies and old war ships | what Great Britain gave the U.S. |
December 7, 1941 | attack on Pearl Harbor |
Battle of Midway | turning point in the Pacific |
German invasion of USSR | reason Russia became an ally |
Stalingrad | turning point in Eastern Europe |
D-Day | beginning of Allied invasion of France |
Normandy | city in France, D-Day location |
Hiroshima and Nagasaki | location of atomic bomb attacks |
atomic bombs | what the U.S. used to force Japan to surrender |
1945 | bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
Axis | countries winning at the start of WW2 |
Allies | countries who ultimately won WW2 |