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World War II

World War II. The War Begins!. France Surrenders June, 1940. A Divided France. Henri Petain. The French Resistance. The Free French. General Charles DeGaulle. The Maquis. Now Britain Is All Alone!. Battle of Britain: The “ Blitz ”. Battle of Britain: The “ Blitz ”.

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World War II

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  1. World War II

  2. The War Begins!

  3. France SurrendersJune, 1940

  4. A Divided France Henri Petain

  5. The French Resistance The Free French General Charles DeGaulle The Maquis

  6. Now Britain Is All Alone!

  7. Battle of Britain:The “Blitz”

  8. Battle of Britain:The “Blitz”

  9. The London “Tube”:Air Raid Shelters during the Blitz

  10. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill

  11. The Nazi-SovietNon-Aggression Pact, 1939 Foreign Ministers von Ribbentrop & Molotov

  12. Operation Barbarossa:Hitler’s Biggest Mistake

  13. Operation Barbarossa: June 22, 1941 • 3,000,000 German soldiers. • 3,400 tanks.

  14. The “Big Three” Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin

  15. Axis Powers in 1942

  16. Battle of Stalingrad:Winter of 1942-1943

  17. Gen. Eisenhower Gives the Orders for D-Day [“Operation Overlord”] Jordan Kempf's Great Uncle Grant

  18. D-Day (June 6, 1944)

  19. Normandy Landing (June 6, 1944) German Prisoners Higgins Landing Crafts

  20. French Female Collaborators

  21. Mussolini & His Mistress,Claretta Petacci Are Hung in Milan, 1945

  22. US & Russian Soldiers Meet at the Elbe River: April 25, 1945

  23. Hitler Commits Suicide April 30, 1945 Cyanide & Pistols The Führer’s Bunker Mr. & Mrs. Hitler

  24. V-E Day (May 8, 1945) General Keitel

  25. V-E Day (May 8, 1945)

  26. ..\..\MapofWWII.pps

  27. Japanese Kamikaze Planes:The Scourge of the South Pacific Kamikaze Pilots Suicide Bombers

  28. The Manhattan Project:Los Alamos, NM I am become death, the shatterer of worlds! Major GeneralLesley R. Groves Dr. Robert Oppenheimer

  29. Tinian Island, 1945 Little Boy Fat Man Enola Gay Crew

  30. Col. Paul Tibbets & the A-Bomb

  31. Hiroshima – August 6, 1945 • 70,000 killed immediately. • 48,000 buildings. destroyed. • 100,000s died of radiation poisoning & cancer later.

  32. Nagasaki – August 9, 1945 • 40,000 killed immediately. • 60,000 injured. • 100,000s died ofradiation poisoning& cancer later.

  33. Japanese A-Bomb Survivors

  34. V-J Day (September 2, 1945)

  35. Japanese POWs, Guam

  36. V-J Day in Times Square,NYC

  37. Results of World War II

  38. WW II Casualties: Europe Each symbol indicates 100,000 dead in the appropriate theater of operations

  39. WW II Casualties: Asia Each symbol indicates 100,000 dead in the appropriate theater of operations

  40. WW II Casualties • Civilians only. • Army and navy figures. • Figures cover period July 7, 1937 to Sept. 2, 1945, and concern only Chinese regular troops. They do not include casualties suffered by guerrillas and local military corps. • Deaths from all causes. • Against Soviet Russia; 385,847 against Nazi Germany. • Against Soviet Russia; 169,822against Nazi Germany. • National Defense Ctr., CanadianForces Hq., Director of History.

  41. Massive Human Dislocations

  42. The U.S. & the U.S.S.R. Emerged as the Two Superpowers of the later 20c

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