1. Pacific Theater of War

2. Pacific and European Theaters of War
Pg. 598 – B-24, “The Liberator”

3. All Quiet on the “Eastern Front”
* Most epic and intense fighting front in the history of mankind

4. Battle of Berlin April 20 to May 2, 1945
Soviet Union takes Berlin, Hitler commits suicide, and Germany surrenders the city

5. Siege of Leningrad Sept. 8, 1941 to Jan. 27, 1944
Now called “St. Petersburg,” the cultural center of Russia
872-day siege
Death of 1,500,000 soldiers and civilians
1,400,000 civilians evacuated, mainly women and children

6. Diary of Tanya Savicheva During Siege of Leningrad
Shown at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials
She describes the starvation faced by her family …

7. Two German soldiers outside Moscow, 1941
… I imagine them saying, “Hey Claus, did you pack any winter gear?”
“No Dieter. They told us we’d beat the Soviets in four months.”

8. Battle of Moscow (1941) Oct., 1941 to Jan., 1942
Nazis stall 19 miles outside Moscow
Hitler is furious, fires head of Wehrmacht, and takes over control
Let’s Defend Moscow

9. Battle of Stalingrad
German advance halted and Soviets go on the offensive
Bloodiest battle in the history of warfare
Most strategically decisive battle in WWII
- Sept to Feb. 1943

10. Battle of Stalingrad - Sept. 1942 to Feb. 1943
2 million soldiers killed, wounded, or captured!!
144,000 Axis prisoners; 6th Army destroyed; Wehrmacht never recovers; Japan never declares war on Soviet Union.

11. U.S. Aid and Geography
5 million tons of food, enough for a ½ pound ration for every Soviet soldier for every day of the war
13 million boots
2/3rds of vehicles Soviet Army used

12. Battle of Kursk July & Aug., 1943
Last major German offensive on Eastern Front
Largest tank battle in history
Only time in WWII the German blitzkrieg is ineffective

13. Maginot Line

14. Maginot Line

15. Battle of Kursk July & Aug., 1943
Last major German offensive on Eastern Front
Largest tank battle in history
Only time in WWII the German blitzkrieg is ineffective

16. Lvov-Sandomierz Offensive
Operation Bagration
“Maskirovka”
June 2 to Aug. 19, 1944
Lvov-Sandomierz Offensive
Soviet Offensive
Almost complete destruction of Nazi “Army Group Center.”
Largest German defeat in WWII
July 13 to Aug. 29, 1944
These offensives lead to the Soviet repossession of Belarus and Ukraine
Almost complete liberation of western Soviet Union
Soviet Offensive
Almost complete destruction of Nazi “Army Group South.”
Soviets advance through Ukraine into Romania

18. Vistula–Oder Offensive
Jan. 12 to Feb. 22, 1945
Soviet Offensive covers 300 miles from Vistula River in U.S.S.R. to 43 miles from Berlin

19. Battle of Berlin April 20 to May 2, 1945
Soviet Union takes Berlin, Hitler commits suicide, and Germany surrenders the city