Transcript WWII

WWII
Fighting in Europe comes to an
near end
Battle of Stalingrad
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Fighting fierce in Russia
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July 17, 1942 - February 2, 1943
Food and supplies low
Russians kept fighting
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People ate leather and wallpaper
Soviet Victory
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Thanks to civilians and women
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841,000 Russian casualties
1.2 million German casualties
Germans turned away in Russia
Operation Market Garden
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September 17-25, 1944
Largest Airborne assault of all time
Allied failure
Took place
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The Netherlands and Germany
Battle of the Bulge
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December 16, 1944 - January 25, 1945
Last effort by the Germans to divide the British
and Americans
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Lots of fighting in the Ardennes
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101st Airborne was there
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Saved by Patton? You decide
Unsuccessful attack by the Germans
They lost many reserves and failed to “break”
the Allies
Allies Close to Berlin
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With the Allies closing in, the war was
coming to an end
Russians were entering the city
Hitler kills himself?
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April 30, 1945
Hitler Escape?
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