Transcript WWII Battles

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The German push into Soviet Union stalls out
Germany and Hitler very confident
“not a step back”
Fire own men who retreated during charges
“for 3 months the Germans pressed in on
Stalingrad, conquering it house by house in
brutal hand-to-hand combat.”
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Soviets launch a counterattack.
Winter came on
Germans- 91,000 frost bitten, lice ridden,
half-starved troops surrender
Soviets lost 1,250,000 soldiers and civilians
◦ More than all American casualties during entire war.
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Turning point in the war in the East- Soviets
advanced
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Stalin begged the US and British to open a
“second front”- What does this mean?
◦ Why?!
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British and American troops land in Africapush Hitler’s troops back.
“all enemy resistance has ceased. We are
masters of the North African shores.”
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2 year plan by the US and British- 3 million
troops attack Hitler’s forces on other side of
English Channel
60 mile strech of beach-
◦ 156,000 troops, 4,000 landing craft, 600 warships, and
11,000 planes
Omaha Beach- “people were yelling, screaming,
dying running on the beach, equiptment was
flying everywhere, men were bleeding to death,
crawling, lying everywhere, firing coming from all
directions.” “We dropped down behind anything
that was the size of a golf ball.”
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPU4p7U
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D Day video
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Within month of invasion◦ 1 million troops, 567,000 tons of supplies, and
170,000 vehicles
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Finally liberated the French capital from 4
years of German control.
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Americans capture first German town (not Battle
of the Bulge)
Hitler has counter-attack (Battle of the Bulge)
◦ 120 US GIs captured, shot them down in middle of a
field
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US able to push Germans back again, on surface
little change
◦ BUT Hitler lost 120,000 troops, 600 tanks, and 1,600
planes
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SIGNIFICANCE- Nazis could do little but retreat
for rest of the war.