Transcript Battles of WWII ppt

Battles of WWII
Annexation of Austria
• 1938 (Anchluss) Hitler
sent troops into Austria
where he was
welcomed by a puppet
regime that he had
helped to gain power.
Annexation of the Sudetenland
• October 1938 Hitler took
over a dominate German
speaking portion of
Czechoslovakia
• Munich conference with
Great Britain and France
where he promised that
he was now content.
(Czechoslovakia
representatives were not
invited)
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
• March 1939. Hitler
takes over the
remainder of
Czechoslovakia
Non Aggression pact
• Russia The agreement
not to fight and
included the division of
Poland.
• Aug 1939
Invation of Poland
• 1 sept 1939
• Use of Blitzkrieg to smash
antiquated Polish forces.
• Britain and France who
promised to protect
Poland give Hitler till
September 3 1939 to
leave.
• He does not WWII begins
Phony war
• Countries were officially
at war yet there was no
fighting as both sides
entered a period of
heavy armament
Denmark and Norway
• April 1940 Germany
invades
Netherlands, Belgium and France
• May 1940
• Germany invades
Miracle of Dunkirk
• June 1940- After pushing
the British and French
troops back to the port of
Dunkirk the German ground
forces suddenly stop.
• The German air force is
allowed to finish of the
victory
• While this is happening
every boat that can float in
Britain is used to evacuate
the troops to Britain
Attack on Hong Kong
• 8 Dec 1941.
• Attack from mainland caught
the unprepared Canadian and
British troops
• Troops had to retreat to the
Island while the mainland was
pillaged
• Hong Kong Island fell
December 25th
• While the treatment of
officers was good the enlisted
men were treated very poorly.
The enlisted men were put
into groups of 10 if one tried
to escape then all were shot.
Dieppe
• Test to see if a port in
France could be taken.
• Appease the Russians
• Get the enigma machine
• Mount batten the man in
charged
– postponed the original raid
one month
– experienced divisions
changed to inexperienced
Canadian division
– Changed tactics from a
flanking assault to a frontal
assault
Dieppe Raid
• 19 Aug 1942
– Raiding ships made contact
with German ships which
warned the Germans in
Dieppe
– Delay caused Canadians to
Land in Day light
– Mistaken information sent
more Canadians to the
beach their death and
capture
– 907 Canadians died 1874
were taken prisoner
Battle of the Atlantic
• Fight for control of the
shipping lanes and ensuring
allied war supplies
• The use of Convoys with
escorts to limit the amount of
merchant ships sank by the
Germans
• Canada’s role was convoy
escort, Where we used the
Corvettes to depth charge
attacking German submarines
• Merchant navy men were
never given veterans rights or
pensions.
The Italian campaign
• 1943 kicked off after the
defeat of the Germans at El
Alamien .
• The Canadians first landed at
Sicily and worked there way
northwards through Italy.
– Italy was the first real success
for the Canadians, working as
part of the 1st special forces
with the Americans and later at
Ortona
– Ortona was a nasty port town
on the Adriatic Sea Canadians
suffered heavy losses 2300
men and 16000 due to sickness
or battle fatigue.
•
Canadians pioneered a new
technique called mouse holing
as moving through the streets
were too dangerous
Operation Overlord (D-Day)
• The invasion of
Normandy June 6 1944
– Largest invasion force ever6000 planes – 4000 ships
200,000 sailors – 107,000 –
1,000,000 soldiers 5000
Canadian soldiers gave
their lives.
– Gave allies a foot hold in
Europe.
– Canadians landed on Juno
beach then their objective
was Caen and Verrier ridge
(Canada’s heart break
ridge)
Liberation of the Netherlands
• Canadians objective
after Normandy was the
Netherlands and secure
landing ports
• Major battles the
Scheldt (Dutch/Belgium
border) and Arnhem.
Over 6000 Canadians
were killed
• Liberation of
Netherlands
Hitler Commits Suicide
• 30 April 1945
V-E Day
• May 8th 1945
• Victory in Europe day as
the German forces
surrender
The Bomb
• Why drop it
– Too many deaths if invasion of
Japan
– Russia was going to enter the war
and USA did not want to share
– Justify money developing the
bomb
– Kamikazes were hurting the US
fleet
– 1,000,000 Japanese civilian already
dead through fire bombing
– Show the world that USA had the
bomb
• Two Bombs
•
“Little Boy” dropped on
Hiroshima August 6 1945 70,000
initially died by 1950 200,000
•
“Fat Man” Detonated over
Nagasaki August 9th 1945 70,000
initially 140,000 by 1950
VJ day
• PEACE: August 14th ,
1945
• VJ day (Victory in Japan)