Axis Advances

Axis advances
Axis: Germany, Japan and Italy. Nazi forces stormed Europe revealing the enormous power of Hitler’s blitzkrieg. Axis armies also pushed into North Africa and the Balkans. Bulgaria andHungary joined the Axis alliance. By 1941, the axis powers or their allies controlled most of Western Europe. Scientist and engineers improved the design and effectiveness of airplanes and submarines.In December 1941, the Allies gained a vital boost when a surprise action by Japan suddenly pitched the U.S.A into the war.

Germany | Italy | Japan |
In 1939 Nazi forces stormed into Poland,they attacked from the west. | Stalin’s forces invaded Poland from east. | From the late 1930s Japan had been trying to conquer China. |
Hitler launched a blitzkrieg against Norway and Denmark, both ofwhich soon fell. | They pushed on into the Baltic states of Estonia, seized part of Finland, which put up stiff but unsuccessful resistance. | In 1040, Japan advanced into French Indochina and theDutch East Indies. |
His forces slammed into the Netherlands and Belgium. | French hunkered down behind the Maginot Line, ‘’The phony war’’. | General Tojo Hideki ordered a surprise attack on theAmerican fleet at Pearl Harbor. |
German forces headed south toward Paris. | Italy declared war on France and attacked form the south. | They captured the Philippines and seized other American islandsacross the Pacific. |
On June 22, 1940, in a forest clearing in northeastern France, Hitler avenged the German defeat of 1918. Making them sign the same paper in the same car, Germans did, and thenGermany occupied northern France. | In September 1940, Mussolini ordered forces from Italy’s North African colony of Libya into Egypt. | In 1942, Japanese empire stretched from Southeast Asia to thewestern pacific. |
The whirlwind Nazi advance: Air power took a prominent role. Hitler used fast-moving armored tanks and troop carriers. | In October 1941, Italian forces invaded Greece. | |...