Lend-Lease Act (p.712-713)1. For years USA loans war munitions to friendly

nations

2. In March 1941, US Congress passes the

Lend-Lease Act

a. Grant aid to any nation that is in the

American interest

b. In return, Americans would get land or

strategic locations

c. Britain, China, USSR receive help

Hitler invades the Balkans

1. Hitler marches into

the Balkans in 1941

2. Yugoslavia and

Greece fall to the

Nazi Blitzkrieg

3. Bulgaria, Romania, and Hungary ally

themselves with the Nazis

Hitler attacks the USSR

1. Hitler always feared

a two-front war

2. He decides to

defeat the USSR

before re-attacking

Great Britain

3. The Nazi attack is called “Operation

Barbarossa”

4. Germany wanted:

a. Leningrad –

b. Moscow –

c. Stalingrad –

d. Ukraine –

5. June 22, 1941, the Nazis are on the

offensive and Blitzkrieg the USSR

6. Stalin is shocked and orders “Scorched Earth Policy.”

7. Hitler wipes out Ukraine killing 500,000 people in the city of Kyiv (Kiev)

8. Nazis surround Leningrad for 2 years

a. Starve out the city

b. 2/3 of the people die

c. The city never falls to Hitler

9. Attacks Moscow but never takes the city

10.Stalin moves the countries riches to Siberia