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WORLD WAR II

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

BLITZKRIEG – “Lightning War” Panzer divisions of 300 tanks are supported by air attack from the Luftwaffe (air force) Followed by invasion of regular infantry

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

MAGINOT LINE A series of concrete & steel fortresses with heavy artillery along the French/German border

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

Rescue at Dunkirk

THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN “OPERATION 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

Bombing of Britain

Bombed Out

Night Raids

Shelters

Winston Churchill

Queen Mum

BRITAIN FIGHTS BACK Radar: electronic tracking system that can tell number, speed, direction of incoming warplanes Enigma: German code=making 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!

Enigma Radar

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 Brit’s back

Rommel - the “Desert Fox”

THE BALKAN’S Through threat of force, Bulgaria, Romania, and Hungary join the Axis Powers Hitler invades Yugoslavia and Greece

The Acropolis 1941

OPERATION BARBAROSA THE 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 German’s in summer uniforms Hitler orders “no retreat” – German troops hold line against Soviets until March 1943 – 500,000 German troops die

German Prisoners of War

No Retreat – German Soldiers

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