HIST 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Social Imperialism, Operation Overlord, Operation Downfall
Document Summary
Operation barbarossa the codename for nazi germany"s invasion of the. Soviet union during wwii that commenced on june 22, 1941. Over 4. 5 million troops of the axis powers invaded the ussr along an 1800 mile front. However, despite their original successes, they do not quite succeed by winter, so they do not win. Pearl harbor surprise attack by japanese on american pearl harbor. Big three the three were the main leaders responsible for the formation of the. The big three of wwii were joseph stalin, leader of the. Soviet union during wwii, franklin roosevelt, leader of the us during wwii, and winston churchill, leader of great britain during wwii. Fall of singapore the fall of singapore to the japanese army on feb 15th 1942 is considered one of the greatest defeats in the history of the british army and probably britain"s worst defeat in wwii.
