World War II 1939-1945

Early Nazi Conquests

Animated Map of European Theater

Pearl Harbor

The Atlantic Charter No territorial gains for US or Great Britain All territorial transfers had to take into account rights of self determination General reduction of tariffs Global attempt at economic and social progress Work towards a world free from fear and want Freedom of the seas Disarming of aggressor nations and a general draw down of military spending

The Battle of Stalingrad German casualties: 841,000 dead, missing or wounded Soviet casualties: 1,129,619 dead, missing or wounded, including civilians

The War in the Mediterranean

Normandy Invasion

Normandy Invasion

Normandy Campaign Hedgerow lanes

Operation Market Garden

The Battle of the Bulge

The Holocaust 5.9M Jews 2-3M Soviet POWs 1.8-2M Poles 220K-1.5M Roma (gypsies) 200-250K disabled 80K Freemasons 20-25K Slovenes 5-15K homosexuals 2.5-5K Jehovah’s Witnesses

The Early War in the Pacific

Coral Sea

Midway

Island Hopping

Iwo Jima and Okinawa

The Endgame against Japan Estimates varied on American casualties. Between 400,000 to 1,200,000 The desire to bring Soviet help into the war led to concessions at Yalta Japanese resistance on Okinawa had been very fierce and the assumption was that it would be fiercer in Japan

Bombing toll against Japan Firebombing of Tokyo (3/45): 100,000 dead By 6/45, 40% of the area of Japan’s six largest cities (Tokyo, Nagoya, Kobe, Osaka, Yokohama and Kawasaki) had been leveled. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were chosen because they hadn’t been extensively fire-bombed yet. Hiroshima: 140,000 dead by the end of the year Nagasaki: 80,000 dead by the end of the year