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World War II. Pictorial Chronology. Phase 1: Invasion of Poland – Battle of Britain (September 1939 – October 1940). Invasion of Poland (1939). German Armies Invade Western Poland (1939). Border Crossing. Junkers Ju 87 ‘Stuka’.
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World War II Pictorial Chronology
Phase 1: Invasion of Poland – Battle of Britain (September 1939 – October 1940)
Junkers Ju 87 ‘Stuka’ Highly-effective dive bomber used in ‘Blitzkrieg’ warfare, attacking defensive positions and tanks
Evacuation of Dunkirk‘Operation Dynamo’ 300,000 British & French troops rescued by over 800 ships and pleasure craft
Battle of Britain Spitfire Mk IV Messerschmitt Bf109 Radar
Phase II:Operation Barbarossa – North African Campaign (June 1941 – May 1943)
Invasion of USSR - Operation Barbarossa (June – October 1941) Hitler invades Russia with over 3 million men & 4,000 tanks, supported by the Luftwaffe 3 Army groups invade:Army Group North: LeningradArmy Group Centre: MoscowArmy Group South: Stalingrad Hitler’s target was the oil-rich region of the Caucasus
Operation Uranus General Von Paulus in Stalingrad Soviet troops encircle Stalingrad
Battle of the Kursk(4th – 20th July 1943) Between 4th & 20th July, Hitler committed over 900,000 soldiers, 10,000 artillery guns, 2,700 tanks and 2,000 aircraft, hoping to counteract the Soviet offense that was pushing gradually westwards from 1943 on. It failed to surround the Soviet tanks and infantry which numbered 1.3 million soldiers, 20,000 artillery pieces, 3,600 tanks and 2,400 planes
Phase III:D-Day – Fall of Berlin(6th June 1944 – 8th May 1945)
Field Marshall Rommel General Erwin Rommel inspects the Atlantic Wall defences (1944)
Liberation of France General deGaulle & Free French partisans parade in Paris following liberation by Allied troops
Hiroshima & Nagasaki6th & 9th August 1945 Oppenheimer
The Holocaust By the end of WWII, after the concentration & extermination camps were liberated throughout occupied Europe, it was estimated that over 6 million Jews had been murdered as part of ‘The Final Solution’; the plan to eradicate all Jews from Europe between 1942 & 1945.