Transcript The European Theatre Battles of WWII

The European
Theatre Battles of
WWII
By: Elizabeth I.
• Invasion of Poland
• The Fall of France
• North Africa
Battles
• Stalingrad
• Battle of the Bulge
• D-Day
• Hitler demanded the Baltic Sea port which was in
Polish control
• Alleged allies such as Britain & France were going
to back Poland’s refusal for the sea port Danzig
• Germany turned to the USSR for support in
invasion of Poland
• Germany attacked from the west and the USSR
from the east
• The warfare became known as blitzkrieg –
“lightening war” using tanks & aircraft
• Poland Fell to German forces on October 5th 1939
• The Maginot line were bunkers built in protection
against Germany
• Hitler simply went around the Maginot line and
invaded through the Netherlands,Belgium &
Luxembourg
• France was caught by surprise leaving the French &
British forces trapped in Belgium
• A miracle occurred at a port called Dunkirk when
German forces halted giving time for evacuation &
saved the country from complete defeat by Hitler
• France surrendered in June 1940
• US president Roosevelt invaded Morocco & Algeria for
the experience and to aid Britain in the fight against
Germany in Egypt.
• During El Alamein General Erwin Rommel who lead the
German forces planned to trap US and British forces in
between Tunisia and Libya
• US forces did not fare well up against German force
causing 7,000 casualties and losing 200 tanks
• Luckily Both American and British Forces forced
Germany to surrender in North Africa
• With confidence and
persistency Hitler wanted to
cut off supplies to Stalingrad
which would keep the
Soviets in the war
• Joseph Stalin ordered all
troops to hold forcing
German forces to the front
lines
• Soviets surrounded 250,000
German troops
• 91,000 surrendered & only
5,000 survived
• One last desperate
attempt by Hitler
involved blocking
supplies coming through
Belgium
• Germany caught
Americans surrounding
them
• General Patton and troops
saved the Americans by
attacking German forces
• Germany lost the battle
with 100,000 casualties
• President Roosevelt and Churchill planned the invasion of
France which was lead by General Eisenhower
• The US forces were going to surprise Germany using
rubber tanks,and dummy landing craft. This completely
fooled Germany while they attacked through Normandy
• 100,000 soldiers by boat
• 23,000 paratroopers
• Soviet troops began a massive attack on German Troops
sending German forces back to Poland
• The Soviets had Germany by the Eastern border and
America had attacked German forces by the Western border
• This crushed the German forces causing the suicide of
Hitler
• The Surrender of Germany was on May 8th 1945
The End
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