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

2. The Axis Germany Italy Japan Adolph Hitler Benito Mussolini
Emperor Hirohito

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

4. 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

5. 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

7. Convoy Assembling

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

9. The fate of many ships

10. Meanwhile…

12. 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”

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

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

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

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

22. Captivity
Surrender on Christmas Day
3.5 years of captivity

23. END
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Bomber Command
BCATP
D-Day
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