The Basics of World War II - 1939 through 1941

We discuss the basics of the first half of WWII. What was happening in Spain before WWII? Does Luftwaffe mean "air waffle"? Why did Hitler hate the Jews? What was the Winter War? Who was Simo Häyhä? What was the Maginot Line? What was the Vichy government? How long could the German airplanes fly once over England? What did the German navy look like? Who was Francisco Franco? Had the Japanese officially declared war on the US before the attack on Pearl Harbor? What was the Bataan Death March? How did the Americans know to prepare for the Battle of Midway? Come learn it from a layman.