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Ch 29.2 Axis Advances
Events
A. World War II, 1939 – 1941
 September 1939: Germany invades Poland.
 April 1940: Hitler launches blitzkrieg against
Norway and Denmark
 May 1940: British rescue troops at Dunkirk.
 June 1940: France falls to Germany.
 September 1940: Mussolini orders forces into
Egypt.
 October 1940: Italian forces invade Greece.
 June 1941: Germans end air attacks on Britain.
 June 1941: Germany invades Soviet Union.
 September 1941: Siege of Leningrad begins.
 December 1941: Japan attacks Pearl Harbor.
B. Features of Nazi and Japanese Occupations
 Nazi occupations: Slavs considered inferior; Jews
and others sent to prison camps; Planned
genocide of all European Jew.
 Japanese occupations: Treated conquered people
brutally; Killed and tortured citizens; Destroyed
cities and towns.