Unit 7:4: World War II The War in Europe
Early Growth of Nazi Germany
German Invasion of Poland
France
The Maginot Line Rhineland
Miracle at Dunkirk English Channel
Hitler signing the French armistice of surrender in same place of German signing of Treaty of Versailles
Charles de Gaulle Creator of “Free France,” the French Government-in-Exile
General de Gaulle Reviewing Troops
De Gaulle Speaking on BBC during WWII
Great Britain
Winston Churchill PM 1940-1945
German Luftwaffe
Guernica
September 1940 – the beginning of the Blitz
Evacuation of Children to the Countryside
Big Ben
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, now known as “The Queen Mother” r
Returning to Daily Life
Erwin Rommel 1891-1944
The US Enters the War
French Indochina (Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos)
Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)
Hideki Tojo 1884-1948
Arial View of Pearl Harbor
Franklin Delano Roosevelt President: 1932-1945
FDR Asks Congress for Declaration of War
The Tide Turns
The Battle in N. Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower 1890-1969 (later to be Supreme Commander of Allied Forces and President)
Erwin Rommel 1891-1944
Rommel, “Desert Fox” Studying Maps
Allied Invasion of Sicily
The Battle of Stalingrad
D-Day: Preparing for the Invasion
The Invasion The Invasion
Battle of the Bulge December 16, 1944 to January 25, 1945 Over a million men: 500,000 Germans, 600,000 Americans (more than fought at Gettysburg) and 55,000 British. 100,000 German casualties, killed, wounded or captured, 81,000 American casualties, including 23,554 captured and 19,000 killed, and 1,400 British casualties, 200 killed. 800 tanks lost on each side, 1,000 German aircraft
V-E Day: May 8, 1945
Celebrations in London
Churchill and the Royal Family
The Holocaust
Heinrich Himmler 1900-1945
Auschwitz