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The Great Battles of Stalingrad & Leningrad

The Great Battles of Stalingrad & Leningrad. -Soviet Union -Sean Dean. Overview. The Battle of Stalingrad took place from 1942-1943. (1) The Battle of Stalingrad is know to have started on July 17, 1942. (1) The Battle of Leningrad took place from 1941-1944. (2). Who?.

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The Great Battles of Stalingrad & Leningrad

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  1. The Great Battles of Stalingrad & Leningrad -Soviet Union -Sean Dean

  2. Overview • The Battle of Stalingrad took place from 1942-1943.(1) • The Battle of Stalingrad is know to have started on July 17, 1942.(1) • The Battle of Leningrad took place from 1941-1944.(2)

  3. Who? The Battle of Stalingrad was between the Soviet Union and Germany.(4) The Battle of Leningrad was between Soviet Union and Germany as well.(4)

  4. What? • Both Stalingrad and Leningrad where Battles of World War 2.(4) • The first German artillery shell fell on Leningrad on September 1st, 1941.(2)

  5. When? The Battle of Stalingrad took place from 1942-1943.(1) The Battle of Leningrad took place from September 1941 to 1944.(2)

  6. Where? • The Battle of Stalingrad took place all over Russia. • The Battle of Leningrad mostly took place in Operation Barbarossa ,Leningrad.(2)

  7. Pictures All Pictures from http://www.answers.com/topic/battle-of-stalingrad

  8. Why? • The Battle of Stalingrad started because German soldiers attacked Russia.(2) • The Battle of Leningrad happened because Leningrad was in the way of Hitler from trying to take over the world.(2)

  9. Significance to the War • Germany did not achieve there main objective to conquering the Soviet Union. (3) • 1942 Hitler narrowed his sights and concentrated his armies in southern Russia. (3) • With Hitler’s new goal he wants to control the rich Caucasus oil fields, to achieve this, he would have to capture the city of Stalingrad. (3)

  10. FYI • Over 200,000 Germans were killed by fighting or by hungry in the battle of Stalingrad.(4) • By the end of the siege, some 632,000 people are thought to have died with nearly 4,000 people from Leningrad starving to death on Christmas Day, 1941.(4)

  11. QUIZ • About how many Germans died in the battle of Stalingrad a) Under 50,000 b) 75,000 c) 100,000 d) Over 200,000

  12. QUIZ • About how many Germans died in the battle of Stalingrad d) Over 200,000

  13. QUIZ 2. What are the 3 colors on the German flag a) Red, White and Blue b) Black, Red and Yellow c) Gray, White and Yellow

  14. QUIZ 2. What are the 3 colors on the German flag b) Black, Red and Yellow

  15. QUIZ 3. When did the first artillery shell fall on Leningrad a) February 5th b) September 1st c) November 1st d) December 25th

  16. QUIZ 3. When did the first artillery shell fall on Leningrad b) September 1st

  17. Work Cited 1.http://www.stalingrad-info.com/ 2.http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/siege_of_leningrad.htm 3.Lapsasley Warner, Emma J. and Rancly Robert, and Peter B. Levy, and Taylor Alan. United States, Boston: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008. Print 4.Taylor, Mike Battles of WW2, Cabdo Publishing Company, 1998

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