1. WORLD WAR II
WAR IN EUROPE

4. EASTERN FRONT
NOVEMBER 1941 – GERMANY INVADED SOVIET UNION (OPERATION BARBAROSSA)
AUGUST 1942 – BATTLE OF STALINGRAD
MAJOR INDUSTRIAL CITY ON THE VOLGA
MASS DESTRUCTION
NIGHTLY BOMBING RAIDS
ALL BUILDINGS SET ABLAZE
SOVIET OFFICERS CONSIDERED BLOWING UP THE REMAINING FACTORIES
STALIN – ORDERED TO DEFEND (NO WEAPONS)
SEPTEMBER 1942 – 9/10 OF CITY – GERMAN

5. EASTERN FRONT WINTER OF 1942 - BRUTAL SOVIET COUNTER – ATTACK
GERMANS – TRAPPED INSIDE CITY
JANUARY 31, 1943 – GERMANS SURRENDER
SOVIETS DEAD – 1,100,000
TURNING POINT

6. STALINGRAD

7. BATTLE OF STALINGRAD

8. BATTLE OF STALINGRAD

9. NORTH AFRICAN FRONT
STALIN PRESSURED U.S. & BRITAIN TO OPEN A 2ND FRONT
CHURCHILL & FDR – NOT READY TO INVADE EUROPE
OPERATION TORCH – INVASION OF AXIS CONTROLLED NORTH AFRICA
COMMANDED BY DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
NOVEMBER 1942 – 110,000 ALLIED TROOPS INVADED
AXIS POWERS – ERWIN ROMMEL
BATTLE AT EL ALAMEIN
MAY 1943 – ROMMEL SURRENDERS

10. EISENHOWER

11. ROMMEL

12. ITALIAN CAMPAIGN SUMMER 1943 SICILY BATTLE OF ANZIO “BLOODY ANZIO”
FOUR MONTHS
25,000 ALLIED DEAD
30,000 AXIS DEAD
ITALIAN GOVERNMENT – FORCED MUSSOLINI TO RESIGN

13. ALLIES LIBERATE EUROPE
OPERATION OVERLOAD
DIRECTED BY EISENHOWER
3 MILLION BRITISH, AMERICAN, & CANADIAN TROOPS
PLAN- ATTACK NORMANDY IN NORTHERN FRANCE
ALLIES – SENT RADIO MESSAGES THAT THEY WOULD ATTACK CALAIS

15. LIBERATE EUROPE OPERATION OVERLORD – PLANNED FOR JUNE 5 WEATHER
JUNE 6, 1944 – D-DAY
3 DIVISIONS PARACHUTED BEHIND GERMAN LINES
MORNING – THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS REACHED SHORES
5000 SHIPS
11,000 AIRPLANES
150,000 SERVICE MEN
LARGEST LAND-SEA-AIR OPERATION IN ARMY HISTORY

16. D-DAY

18. D-DAY GERMAN RETALIATION BRUTAL
20 YEARS OLD, CARRYING 80 POUNDS, FACED 200 YARDS OF OPEN BEACH
ALLIED FORCES: 10,000 DEAD
AFTER 7 DAYS – ALLIES HELD THE BEACH

19. LIBERATION OF EUROPE GEORGE PATTON – ALLIED GENERAL
AUGUST 25, 1944 – PARIS LIBERATED
SEPTEMBER 1944 – FRANCE, BELGIUM, AND LUXEMBOURG LIBERATED
NOVEMBER – FDR ELECTED TO 4TH TERM

20. PATTON

21. BATTLE OF THE BULGE
OCTOBER 1944 – ALLIES CAPTURED 1ST GERMAN TOWN AACHEN
DECEMBER 1944 – HITLER’S LAST DESPERATE ATTEMPT
GERMAN TANK DIVISION BROKE THROUGH AMERICAN DEFENSES
120 AMERICANS CAPTURED (KILLED) MALMEDY MASSACRE
BATTLE LASTED 1 MONTH (BASTOGNE)
GERMANS HAD BEEN WEAKENED
RETREAT

22. BATTLE OF THE BULGE

23. FINAL DAYS APRIL 1945 – SOVIETS STORMED BERLIN
APRIL 12, 1945 – FDR DIES – TRUMAN BECOMES PRESIDENT
APRIL 29, 1945 – HITLER MARRIED EVA BRAUN & WROTE OUT HIS LAST ADDRESS TO THE GERMAN PEOPLE
BLAMED JEWS FOR STARTING AND LOSING THE WAR
APRIL 30, 1944 – HITLER SHOT HIMSELF & BRAUN POISONED
BODIES SOAKED IN GASOLINE AND BURNED
MAY 8, 1945 – GERMAN SURRENDERED – V.E. DAY

25. V.E. DAY