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World War II Atlantic Theater

World War II Atlantic Theater. By Mr. Murray. Timeline-Causes of WWII. 11/11/1918 World War I ends 6/28/1919 Treaty of Versailles signed 11/8/1932 Roosevelt elect President 1/30/1933 Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany 3/7/1936 Germany invades Rhineland

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World War II Atlantic Theater

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  1. World War IIAtlantic Theater By Mr. Murray

  2. Timeline-Causes of WWII • 11/11/1918 World War I ends • 6/28/1919 Treaty of Versailles signed • 11/8/1932 Roosevelt elect President • 1/30/1933 Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany • 3/7/1936 Germany invades Rhineland • 3/12/1938 Germany unifies with Austria • 10/15/1938 occupy Sudenland

  3. Timeline-1939 • 3/15/1939 Nazis take Czechoslovakia • 8/23/1939 Nazis sign non aggressive pact with Soviet Union • 9/1/1939 Hitler invades Poland World War II Begins • 9/3/1939 Great Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany

  4. Blitzkrieg • German’s use the air(Luftwaffe), heavy artillery and storm troopers

  5. Timeline 1940 March- May 1940 Nazis invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands • 5/26/1940 Evacuation of Dunkirk • 6/14/1940 Germans enter Paris • Summer 1940 Germans and British air raids on major cities • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugP3UuXHdUY

  6. "a miracle of deliverance" • More than 300,000 troops were evacuated from Dunkirk and the surrounding beaches in May and June 1940.

  7. Timeline 1941 • 3/11/1941 Roosevelt signs Lend-Lease Act • 6/22/1941 Operation Barbarossa begins Germany attacks U.S.S.R • 7/3/1941 Stalin orders scorched earth policy • 8/14/41 Roosevelt and Churchill announce Atlantic Charter • 12/11/1941 Germany declares war on U.S

  8. Operation Barbarossa June 22, 1941 • 3 million German soldiers- 600,000 vehicles and 3350 tanks attacked U.S.S.R • wanted Russia's industries and agricultural lands as part of his Lebensraum or 'living space' for Germany

  9. Lend-Lease Act • http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/fdr_churchill_documents/fdr_churchill.html

  10. Timeline 1942 • 1/13/1942 Germans begin U-boat offensive along east coast • 1/26/1942 Americans arrive in Great Britain • 7/1-30/1942 Battle of Alamein (Egypt) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O91fh1UtpRg

  11. Battle Of Stalingrad • August 21 1942-February 2 1943 • Turning Point in WWII-Europe • 2 million Casualties • Axis Powers lost ¼ of strength on Eastern Front • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNfFarlK_b8

  12. 8/8/1942 Operation Torch (invasion of North Africa) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmB0_qiONQs

  13. Timeline 1943 • 1/14-24/1943 Casablanca conference • (FRD and Bull Dog- unconditional surrender) • 3/16-20/1943 Battle of Atlantic- 27 merchant ships sunk by Germans • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtN77GWrWOc` • 5/13/1943 German and Italian troops surrender in North Africa • 7/9-10/1943 Allies land in Sicily • 9/8/1943 Italian surrender is announced • http://members.aol.com/Custermen85/ILDUCE/Mussolini.htm

  14. Teheran Conference Nov. 28-Dec. 1 • Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin • Post WWII • Overlord discussed • United Nations • Stalin joked at dinner that Churchill was soft on Germany and that it may be necessary to execute 50,000 German officers; Churchill replied that he would never agree to such "barbarous acts" but FDR joked that perhaps 49,000 would do

  15. Timeline 1944 • 1/6/1944 Soviet troops advance into Poland • Spring and Summer of 1944 heavy bombing of major cities (3000 tons of bombs during air raid of Hamburg) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqCByR5vss0 • 6/6/1944 Operation Overlord- D-Day • Activity http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/dday.htm

  16. June 6 1944 • IKE • Secret Army • Inflatable tanks- false information • Rommels wife’s birthday • Guilders failed

  17. June 6, 1944 • 4,000 ships • 11,000 planes, • nearly three million • soldiers, marines, airmen, and sailors was assembled in England for the assault

  18. Germany Defenses

  19. Germany Defenses

  20. June 6 1944

  21. June 6 1944

  22. Timeline 1944-1945 • 8/25/1944 Liberation on Paris • 12/16-27/1944 Battle of Bulge last major German counter-offensive • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5KQCmtTPb8 • 2/4-11/1945 Roosevelt,Churchill and Stalin meet at Yalta • 2/13-14/1945 Dresden firestorm • 4/21/1945 Russians reach Berlin • 4/30/1945 Hitler commits suicide • http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/death.htm • 5/8/1945 V-E Day

  23. YaltaFebruary 1945 • http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/wwii/yalta.htm • Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill • President Franklin D. Roosevelt • Premier Josef Stalin.

  24. V-E DayMay 8, 1945 • MAY 8 marks the anniversary of the Allies' victory in Europe during World War II. After 3 1/2 years of war, Nazi Germany surrendered unconditionally in 1945.

  25. Results of WWII • Statistic’s http://www.hitler.org/ww2-deaths.html • Treaty- Potsdam Conference http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/decade/decade17.htm • World Power • Why?

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