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