ENV S 3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Caspian Sea, Red Army, Franklin D. Roosevelt
Biggest Battle Fought in World History-Stalingrad
WWII
● WWI did cause WWII
● Interwar period: period between the end of WWI and WWII
○ Germany was punished for WWI
○ The English and French shackled all the war guilt-Germany was not
allowed to rearm and pay back the reparation of millions of dollars a year
○ Great Depression Hit-gave rise to the Nazi Party
○ Germany, under Hitler, ignored the Treaty of Versaille
○ The Nazi Party, Hitler-was an elected official as the head of the Nazi
Party; chancellor of Germany
○ Germany invaded Poland
● USSR
○ Under the leadership of Stalin
○ Major World Leader
○ Feared Germany, knew that they were getting powerful again
○ Alliance between Germany and USSR
■ June 1941 Germany broke the pact and invaded the USSR
■ Had 15 million that marched into the USSR
■ Laid waste to every Russian city
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Document Summary
Interwar period: period between the end of wwi and wwii. The english and french shackled all the war guilt-germany was not allowed to rearm and pay back the reparation of millions of dollars a year. Great depression hit-gave rise to the nazi party. Germany, under hitler, ignored the treaty of versaille. The nazi party, hitler-was an elected official as the head of the nazi. Feared germany, knew that they were getting powerful again. June 1941 germany broke the pact and invaded the ussr. Had 15 million that marched into the ussr. Wanted to get to the big oil field near caspian sea. Let the germans take stalingrad and then blasted the city-destroyed their own city to save it* Soviets were defending their homeland, were out militarized but did not quit-put everything they had to defend. Soviets called it the (cid:907)great patriotic war(cid:908) Lilya litvyak-was a fighter pilot, flew a 168 missions in stalingrad.
