The European Theatre Battles of WWII

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The European Theatre Battles of WWII

• By Elizabeth I.

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Important Battles

• Invasion of Poland
• The Fall of France
• North Africa Battles
• Stalingrad
• Battle of the Bulge
• D-Day

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The Invasion of Poland 1939

• Hitler demanded the Baltic Sea port which was in
  Polish control
• Alleged allies such as Britain France were
  going to back Polands refusal for the sea port
  Danzig
• Germany turned to the USSR for support in
  invasion of Poland
• Germany attacked from the west and the USSR from
  the east
• The warfare became known as blitzkrieg
  lightening war using tanks aircraft
• Poland Fell to German forces on October 5th 1939

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The Fall of France

• The Maginot line were bunkers built in protection
  against Germany
• Hitler simply went around the Maginot line and
  invaded through the Netherlands,Belgium
  Luxembourg
• France was caught by surprise leaving the French
  British forces trapped in Belgium
• A miracle occurred at a port called Dunkirk when
  German forces halted giving time for evacuation
  saved the country from complete defeat by Hitler
• France surrendered in June 1940

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Battling in North Africa
1942-1943

• US president Roosevelt invaded Morocco Algeria
  for the experience and to aid Britain in the
  fight against Germany in Egypt.
• During El Alamein General Erwin Rommel who lead
  the German forces planned to trap US and British
  forces in between Tunisia and Libya
• US forces did not fare well up against German
  force causing 7,000 casualties and losing 200
  tanks
• Luckily Both American and British Forces forced
  Germany to surrender in North Africa

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Stalingrad 1942

• With confidence and persistency Hitler wanted to
  cut off supplies to Stalingrad which would keep
  the Soviets in the war
• Joseph Stalin ordered all troops to hold forcing
  German forces to the front lines
• Soviets surrounded 250,000 German troops
• 91,000 surrendered only 5,000 survived

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Battle of the Bulge 1944

• One last desperate attempt by Hitler involved
  blocking supplies coming through Belgium
• Germany caught Americans surrounding them
• General Patton and troops saved the Americans by
  attacking German forces
• Germany lost the battle with 100,000 casualties

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D-Day 1944

• President Roosevelt and Churchill planned the
  invasion of France which was lead by General
  Eisenhower
• The US forces were going to surprise Germany
  using rubber tanks,and dummy landing craft. This
  completely fooled Germany while they attacked
  through Normandy
• 100,000 soldiers by boat
• 23,000 paratroopers

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Victory in Europe
V-E Day 1945

• Soviet troops began a massive attack on German
  Troops sending German forces back to Poland
• The Soviets had Germany by the Eastern border and
  America had attacked German forces by the Western
  border
• This crushed the German forces causing the
  suicide of Hitler
• The Surrender of Germany was on May 8th 1945

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