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STALINGRAD & D-DAY
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STALINGRAD
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1941 – OPERATION BARBAROSSA Hitler turned on Stalin and attacked in Russia in the largest land invasion in history… The Germans conquered a large amount of land, and drove deep into Russia… Moscow was in sight when the Winter hit… The brutal Russian winter tilted the battle toward the Russian side!
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HITLER’S ERRORS THUS FAR 1) Dunkirk Hitler should have finished off the B.E.F when he had the chance! 2) Ending the Battle of Britain to attack Stalin Hitler made an unnecessary enemy and opened two fronts! 3) Slowing production of war munitions in 1941! Hitler was in control of Europe and felt he would inevitably win the war…. As a result, the Germans slowed down their production of war munitions!
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1942 - STALINGRAD In Summer, 1942 Hitler launched his second attack on Russia… This attack had multiple targets: 1) The Caucasus 2) The City of Stalingrad
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THE CAUCASUS Every Modern Army requires one thing to wage war… OIL The Caucasus region was oil rich… Hitler figured that he could 1) Rob the Russians of a crucial supply of oil… 2) Enrich Germany by capturing enemy oil…
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STALINGRAD Previous name Volgograd… Stalin renamed the city in honor of himself… The city held strategic importance on the Volga River
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IN ADVANCE OF THE BATTLE…. Stalin issued an announcement… ALL RUSSIANS IN STALINGRAD ARE TO STAY AND FIGHT FOR THE HOMELAND! Including WOMEN and CHILDREN! Russian Troops were stationed BEHIND the city, To shoot those who fled… Civilians fought the Nazi’s with sticks, rocks, knives and pistols!
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RUSSIAN TACTICS Civilians defended the city… Russian forces behind the city ordered to shoot anyone fleeing! Russian forces ordered to “HUG THE GERMANS”… To stay physically close to the attacking force… This prevented the LUFTWAFFE from bombing the city without hitting their own men!
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THE BATTLE OF STALINGRAD The Battle for Stalingrad was close quarters, city fighting…. Burned out bombed city block by city block… The Germans were better armed… …But there were 1,000,000 Russian Soldiers … along with the Civilians who stayed to defend…
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THE BATTLE OF STALINGRAD
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JANUARY 1943 The Battle for Stalingrad dragged on for 5 months… The German Army tried to call in the Italians for support… but the Italian Army was tied down in the Italian Campaign!
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LATE JANUARY 1943 Despite Hitler’s direct order that the German Forces were to DIE for Stalingrad… “Surrender is out of the question. The troops will defend themselves to the last!” The German General Paulus officially surrendered and was captured January 31 st 1943…
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STALINGRAD AS THE TURNING POINT… FROM HERE ON, THINGS WENT DOWNHILL FOR THE GERMANS… ITALY FROM THE SOUTH RUSSIA FROM THE EAST… ALL THAT WAS LEFT WAS AN ATTACK FROM THE WEST
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JUNE 6, 1944 D-DAY
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D-DAY “THE DAY OF DELIVERANCE” CODE NAME: OPERATION OVERLORD THE MISSION: TO BREACH HITLER’S “ATLANTIC WALL” TO SUCCESSFULLY LAND ON THE BEACHES OF FRANCE TO ESTABLISH A BASE OF OPERATIONS AND OPEN A THIRD FRONT AGAINST HITLER’S NAZI’S DETAILS: LAND, SEA & AIR ASSAULT THE LARGEST AMPHIBIOUS INVASION IN HUMAN HISTORY
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D-DAY “THE DAY OF DELIVERANCE” COMMANDER IN CHIEF: DWIGHT D. EISENHAUER (AMERICAN) LOCATION: NORMANDY, FRANCE PLAN? 5 SIMULTANEOUS BEACH LANDINGS
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CORRECTING THE MISTAKES OF DIEPPE Sychronization of Land, Sea & Air troops Forces: 156,000 troops 7000 Ships 171 Air Squadrons New tanks (FUNNIES) to handle beach terrain Air bombardment of German Defenses
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OPERATION: FORTITUDE In order to draw the Nazi’s away from the true invasion point, large numbers of troops were deployed to areas around Europe… NORTH – Drew Germans up to Norway SOUTH – Drew Germans to South France… The REAL INVASION was at NORMANDY!
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NORMANDY, FRANCE 5 Simultaneous Beach Landings… UTAH OMAHA GOLD JUNO SWORD JUNO BEACH WAS ASSIGNED TO CANADA
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JUNO BEACH 30,000 Canadian soldiers Royal Canadian Air Force
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THE ATTACK Slated to be June 5 th, but postponed due to weather… June 6 th Attack began at 2am 5000 bombers spend the next 4 hours bombing German defenses… Paratroopers dropped behind enemy lines 6:30 am, beach landings
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VERY DIFFICULT OBJECTIVES Atlantic Wall defenses Mines in the sea to take out boats Machine gun positions & fortresses
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JUNO BEACH Troops at Juno Beach were up against a large concentration of German Soldiers The Canadian Troops accomplished their goal and took Juno Beach… 340 Canadians were killed 750 were wounded…
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SUCCESS!! The Allied Invasion was successful on all 5 beaches Because of D-Day the Allied Countries now had a foothold back in Europe Hitler now faced war on 3 fronts
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