WORLD WAR II

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WORLD WAR II
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AXIS POWERS ALLIES

• Germany Great Britain
• Italy France
• Japan U.S.S.R.
• Bulgaria U.S.A.
• Finland China
• Hungary
• Romania

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BLITZKRIEG Lightning War

• Panzer divisions of 300 tanks are supported by
  air attack from the Luftwaffe (air force)
• Followed by invasion of regular infantry

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THE PHONY WAR

• Sept. 1, 1939 After declaring war on Germany,
  French British mobilize armies and station
  troops along the Maginot Line
• Nothing happens for 6 months the Phony War
• April 9, 1940 Hitler launches surprise invasion
  of Denmark Norway
• May 1940 Hitler sweeps through Netherlands,
  Belgium, Luxembourg to France

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MAGINOT LINE

• A series of concrete steel fortresses with
  heavy artillery along the French/German border

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DUNKIRK May 26, - June 4, 1940

• German advance on France traps French British
  forces on the beaches of Dunkirk
• British Royal Navy civilians send 856 naval
  private crafts to evacuate 338,000 Allied troops
  across the English Channel to Britain
• Allies pushed out of Europe real threat of
  German invasion of Britain

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Rescue at Dunkirk
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THE BATTLE OF BRITAINOPERATION SEA LION

• To invade G.B. Germany Luftwaffe must control
  the skies take out RAF, then send 250,000
  invasion force
• August 1940 Germany bombs military bases
• September bombs cities
• October May 1940 nightly bombing

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Bombing of Britain
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Bombed Out
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Night Raids
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Shelters
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Winston Churchill
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Queen Mum
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BRITAIN FIGHTS BACK

• Radar electronic tracking system that can tell
  number, speed, direction of incoming warplanes
• Enigma German codemaking machine smuggled into
  G.B. allowing them to decode German secret
  messages
• RAF rebuilds fights back luftwaffe
• British people rally
• May 10, 1940 Hitler calls off attacks
• LESSON LEARNED HITLER COULD BE STOPPED!

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Enigma Radar
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NORTH AFRICA

• 1940-Mussolini attacks British controlled Egypt
  (Suez Canal)
• British respond by sweeping across N.Africa
  taking 130,000 Italian prisoners
• Hitler sends Gen. Erwin Rommel Desert Fox with
  elite Africa Korps to push Brits back

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Rommel - the Desert Fox
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THE BALKANS

• Through threat of force, Bulgaria, Romania, and
  Hungary join the Axis Powers
• Hitler invades Yugoslavia and Greece

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The Acropolis 1941
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OPERATION BARBAROSATHE SOVIET UNION

• June 22, 1941 Germans push 500 miles inside
  S.U.
• September 1941 Leningrad is cut off 1mil. Die
  over winter, but city refuses to fall
• October 1941- Germans turn to Moscow
• Germans in summer uniforms
• Hitler orders no retreat German troops hold
  line against Soviets until March 1943
• 500,000 German troops die

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German Prisoners of War
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No Retreat German Soldiers