Transcript initially called Operation Gymnast

Which reason best explains why certain nations suffered higher rates of human loss than others during the war?
Countries close to the Axis powers suffered the most with deaths to both military and civilian personnel at the hands of the German and
Japanese armies.
Which nation suffered the highest percentage loss of its population?
Poland
416,800 American soldiers died fighting in World War II. Which reason best explains why the rate of human losses suffered by the United
States was a lower percentage than other nations in the war?
The U.S. population overall is much larger than most of the countries on the graph.
Which reason best explains why India and Czechoslovakia had a lower rate of human loss than many other nations during the war?
They were not directly attacked by the armies of the Axis.
U.S. at War in Europe
Allies Powers and their Leaders
Countries
Leader
Great Britain
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
France
Prime Minister Paul Reynaud
United States
President Franklin Roosevelt
Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin
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Axis Powers and their Leaders
Countries
Leader
Germany
Adolph Hitler
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Japan
Prime Minister Hideki Tojo
Spain
Francisco Franco
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Review over Hitler and Mussolini
Nazi Germany, also known as the
Third Reich, is the common
name for Germany when it was
a totalitarian state ruled by
Adolf Hitler and his National
Socialist German Workers'
Party (NSDAP).
The Italian Social Republic
(puppet state of Nazi Germany
that existed from 1943 to 1945),
under the Republican Fascist
Party.
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Blitzkrieg is a German word describing allmotorized force concentration of tanks, infantry,
artillery, combat engineers and air power,
concentrating overwhelming force at high speed to
break through enemy lines, and, once the lines are
broken, proceeding without regard to its flank.
Total war is a war in which a belligerent engages in
the complete mobilization of fully
available resources and population.
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Germany split their armed forces when they
invaded Poland and their battle moved to a multiple
front war which weakened their armed strength.
MAJOR EUROPEAN
EVENTS OF WORLD
WAR II
Operation Torch
(initially called Operation Gymnast)
Operation Torch (initially called Operation Gymnast)
was the British–American invasion of French North
Africa in World War II during the North African
Campaign, started on 8 November 1942.
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An attack on French North Africa was proposed
instead, which would clear the Axis Powers from
North Africa, improve naval control of
the Mediterranean Sea and prepare for an invasion
of Southern Europe in 1943.
The invasion of Normandy
codenamed Operation Neptune
– June 6,1944, Allied invasion of Northern France to
repel the occupation of the German Army
The Normandy landings, codenamed
Operation Neptune, were the landing operations of
the Allied invasion of Normandy, in Operation
Overlord, during World War II. The landings
commenced on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 (D-Day),
beginning at 6:30 am British Double Summer Time.
The landings were conducted in two phases:
an airborne assault landing of 24,000 British,
American, Canadian and Free French airborne
troops shortly after midnight, and an amphibious
landing of Allied infantry and armored divisions on
the coast of France starting at 6:30 am.
Surprise was achieved thanks to inclement weather
and a comprehensive deception plan implemented
in the months before the landings. Supreme
Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces was
General Dwight Eisenhower.
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MILITARY CONTRIBUTIONS
OF LEADERS DURING WORLD WAR II
 Omar Bradley – “The
Soldier’s General” served
with Patton in North Africa
and Italy, led the First Army
Division on the D-Day
landings
 Dwight
Eisenhower –
commander of
Allied forces in
Europe for the
D-Day Invasion,
later becomes
President of the
United States
 George Patton –
colorful and celebrated
American general and
tank commander for
the Third Armored
Division who
spearheaded the final
attack into Germany
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George Marshall –“Organizer of Victory”, the
Army Chief of Staff that coordinated the war effort
from Washington, D.C.
Other Allies Military Leaders and
Axis Military Leaders
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Bernard MontgomeryBritish military
commander who drove
the Germans out of
North Africa and fought
in Europe.
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Erwin Rommel –
celebrated German
general; nicknamed the
“Desert Fox” due to his
victories in North Africa
How American patriotism inspired exceptional
actions by citizens and military personnel
The bravery and contributions of the Tuskegee
Airmen – determined young men who enlisted to
become America's first black military aviators at a time
when the U.S. military still practiced racial
segregation. They participated in over 15,000 sorties
and earned over 100 Flying Crosses.
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