HIST 125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Victory In Europe Day, Axis Powers, Victory Over Japan Day
Document Summary
Axis powers make two mistakes: germany attack on the soviet union (1941) Hitler used the blitz to catch the soviet red army off guard: japanese attack on u. s. On december 7th 1941 the japanese attacked us naval base of pearl harbor in hawaii. The german army reached far into the soviet union, but could not finish off the soviets. Allies strike back: north africa the germans and italians controlled north africa under the leadership of german general. He was known as the desert fox and was a master of tank warfare. 1: summer of 1943, general patton and british general montgomery launched and attack on the island of sicily in preparation to attack italy. In july mussolini"s opponents have a coup and he is taken out of power b: by september, the italians surrendered the german military rises control of central and northern.
