Axis Advances The Axis and the Allies Battle of the Atlantic Barbarossa Pearl Harbour

The Axis Germany Italy Japan Adolph Hitler Benito Mussolini Emperor Hirohito

The Allies Britain 1939 Russia 1941 United States 1941 Canada 1939 Churchill Russia 1941 Josef Stalin United States 1941 Roosevelt Canada 1939 Mackenzie King

Battle of the Atlantic The struggle to control the supply route for the Allies across the Atlantic Ocean Allies used Convoys and escort ships called Corvettes from the Royal Canadian Navy Germans used U-Boats (submarines) to attack ships

Battle of the Atlantic By May 1942 the British had the secret codes of the Germans Airplanes could escort most of the way Ships were built faster than sunk Better training and equipment

Convoy Assembling

HMCS Arrowhead - Corvette Built to escort convoys Small, cheap, quick, and manoeuvrable

The fate of many ships

Meanwhile…

Operation Barbarossa June 22, 1941 Hitler invades Russia with 3.5 million men. Thought he would simply have to “kick in the door and the whole rotting structure would crumble”

Not so easy… Russia’s great ally, winter, saved the day Winter 1941 stalls offensive 1942 - Battle of Stalingrad Germany suffers 300,000 casualties By the Spring of 1943, the tide had turned and Germany was retreating in the East

Pearl Harbour Dec. 7, 1941 Japan sneak attack on Pearl Harbour US Naval HQ for the Pacific US Declaration of war

Mr. Maundrell, Pearl Habour, 1989 Pearl Harbour Mr. Maundrell, Pearl Habour, 1989

Canadians in Hong Kong Canadian Troops sent to defend Hong Kong December 8, 1941- Japanese invasion of British Colony of Hong Kong Dec 25, 1941 Hong Kong Falls 1975 Canadians are killed or taken prisoner

Captivity Surrender on Christmas Day 3.5 years of captivity

END Next Day Dieppe Bomber Command BCATP D-Day Italian Campaign