1. WW2

2. Britain France The USA (1941) Russia Germany Italy Japan Ireland
The Allies
The Axis
Neutral
Britain
France
The USA (1941)
Russia
Germany
Italy
Japan
Ireland
Switzerland
Sweden
Spain

3. Denmark & Norway conquered. Invasion and fall of France
Invasion of Russia-Operation Barbarossa
Battle of El Alamein
Hitler’s suicide-VE Day
Invasion Of Poland
End of the Battle of Stalingrad
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
Atomic bombs in Japan-VJ Day
Dunkirk
Battle of Britain
The Blitz
D-Day
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour
Battle of Stalingrad

4. Timeline/Keywords: Sept 1939: Germany takes Poland after 3 weeks
Phoney War: The period (Sept 1939-April 1940) after Britain and France declared war on Germany in Sept 1939 but did not attack them
April 1940: Denmark and Norway taken by Germany
May 1940: Belgium, Holland and France are attacked next
Maginot Line: fortified line between France and Germany

6. May 1940: Germany turned west and invaded France and the Netherlands
By June 1940, France had surrendered to the Germans
THE GERMANS ALLOWED FRENCH TO SET UP A PUPPET GOVERNMENT IN SOUTH CALLED ‘VICHY FRANCE’
Adolf Hitler tours Paris after his successful invasion.

7. Dunkirk/Operation Dynamo
British troops were forced to retreat from the beaches of Dunkirk in northern France.
Captured British troops, May 1940

8. Battle of Britain/Operation Sealion
RAF (Hurricane and Spitfire) V LUFTWAFFE (ME 109s and 110s
Hitler wanted to take control of British skies
40,000 British killed
British would not let the German break their morale

9. - The British had radar to detect German planes
- The British had radar to detect German planes. - British had better planes.

10. September 1940-May 1941: The Blitz
For the following nine months, the German air force (Luftwaffe) launched repeated bombing raids on British towns and cities. This was known as the BLITZ and was an attempt to bomb Britain into submission.

11. Operation Barbarossa, June 1941
Called the ‘great patriotic war’
Ordered a scorched earth policy-destroying all crops so advancing germans could not use them
Germans could not deal with the harsh weather conditions
200,000 GERMAN SOLDIERS SURRENDERED.
TURNING POINT IN THE WAR

12. Battle of Stalingrad
The German Army, under Von Paulus attack the city of Stalingrad.
The Russians, although outnumbered, defended their city fiercely.
The Russian army, under Marshal Zhukov surrounded the Germans
Nearly 250,000 Germans died or surrendered.

13. El Alamein
1941 German troops ‘Afrika Corps’ were sent to North Africa to help out Musllolini
The Germans were led by General Rommel.
When the Germans reached El Alamein their advance was halted.
The British army under General Montgomery built a huge advantage against the Germans
The British had American Sherman tanks which were much better than the Germans.
After two weeks the Germans were defeated

14. How did the Allies defeat Germany?
The Germans and Italians were defeated in North Africa
The Allies won the war at sea. The German U- boats were a major threat until the cracking of German codes (Enigma)
The Germans made a big mistake invading Russia. They could not deal with the harsh weather conditions and the moral of the poorly equipped Russian soldiers

15. D-Day- Operation Overlord
The Allies planned a landing on the coast of Normandy in France
They used the coastline’s shallow water, sandy beaches and closeness to England to surprise the Germans
General Eisenhower commanded the Allied forces
Paratroopers dropped behind enemy lines
Warships and landing craft landed American, British and Canadian troops on five beaches (Omaha, Utah, Gold, Juno and Sword)
The Allies built PLUTO (Pipeline under the Ocean) to supply oil and Mulberry Harbours (floating artificial piers) in order to land trucks and tanks

18. Why did the Allies win WW2??
They had more people and bigger armies than the Axis Powers
American and Russian industries prodiced more than Germany, Japan and Italy.
Allied airforces were better than the Luftwaffe, as shown in the Battle of Britain.
The Allies produced more oil than the Germans

19. Final Solution-Holocaust
Jews were surrounded up in concentration camps such as Auschwitz
Hitler’s SS organised their mass execution, beginning with the gassing of women, children and older men
Others were used as slave labour until they died
Some were buried in ass graves and others were burnt in ovens
About 6 million Jews were called

22. War in the Pacific Battle between America and Japan
June 1942 Battle of Midway-USA sunk four Japanese aircraft carriers
Operation Manhattan-atomic bomb developed
US President-Harry Truman
Aug 1945, bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

23. Results of WW2
More than 55 million killed. Huge destruction to buildings, industries, roads etc
The USA and the USSR became the leading superpowers and Europeans lost power
At the Yalta Conference Germany was divided into two: East Germany was controlled by the Soviet Union, West Germany was controlled by America, Britain and France
European leaders were determined to prevent another war. This eventually led to the creation of the EU

24. Soviet Union under Stalin until 1939

25. Life in Britain during WW2