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World War II
The War in Europe
Poland
► German-Soviet
Pact
► Invaded on Sep. 1,
1939, surrender on
Sep. 28, 1939
► Britain & France
declare war on
Germany
Fall of France (June 22, 1940)
► Blitzkrieg
Tactics
combined infantry
armor and air power to
encircle the French
► Surrendered in the
same railway car as
the Germans in
1918…sending a
message?
Dunkirk (May 26-June 3, 1940)
► British
Army
surrounded with back
to the sea
► The British used every
boat available from
troop transports to
private yachts
► Total of 558,000 saved
but lost all the
equipment
The Blitz (August-October 1940)
► Germans
bombed
London day and night
► Children evacuated
from the city (sent to
English countryside,
often to live with
strangers)
► 30,000 killed
► 50,000 injured
Battle of the Atlantic
► Longest
Military
campaign of the war
from 1939-1945
► German U-boats
attacked allied
shipping
► Germany wanted to
strangle Britain (an
island nation)
Operation Barbarossa (JuneDecember, 1941)
► Germany
attacked on a
wide front
► The attack caught
Stalin by surprise
► Soviets followed a
scorched earth policy
► Drew Germans deep
into USSR by winter.
U.S. Enters War
► U.S.
Enters the War
after the attack on
Pearl Harbor
► FDR agrees to a
Germany First policy
(not a popular move at
home)
The Big Three
► Joseph
Stalin-USSR
► Winston ChurchillGreat Britain
► Franklin Roosevelt-USA
► Met throughout the
war
► Agreed to the
unconditional
surrender of the Axis
powers
Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill (from
left to right.
El Alamein (October 23November 4, 1942)
► Turning
point for the
British
► Pushed Germans out
of Egypt
► Protected the vital link
with Asia the Suez
Canal
Battle of Stalingrad (September
1942-February 2, 1943)
► Turning
point for the
Soviets in the War
► The city was
devastated by the
battle
► Entire German 6th
Army captured
Allied invasion of Africa and Italy
(Summer 1943-June 1944)
► First
time US troops
saw battle
► North Africa to Sicily
then to Italy
► Knocked Italy out of
the War
Operation Overlord
► D-Day
June 6, 1944
► Landing beaches:
Sword, Juno, Gold,
Omaha and Utah
► Largest amphibious
assault in history
► See “Saving Private
Ryan” early scenes.
Battle of the Bulge (December
16, 1944- January 25, 1945)
► Last
German offensive
of the war
► Planned to split the
allies and drive to
Antwerp in Belgium
► Attacked in the middle
of winter and with
inexperienced troops
► Germans pushed out
by the US 3rd Army
Victory in Europe
► Red
Army takes Berlin
► Hitler committed
suicide- April 30, 1945
► The German
Government & Army
surrendered on May 8,
1945, also known as VE Day.