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Class: Prep II Subject: History Topic: The coming of Pakistan 4 th – 8 th March, 2013 Presentation by: Maimoona Kashif. The largest war in history. World War II (1939-1945) the largest war. Fought in nearly every area of the world (WW1 centred in Europe)
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Class: Prep II Subject: History Topic: The coming of Pakistan 4th – 8th March, 2013 Presentation by: Maimoona Kashif
World War II (1939-1945) the largest war Fought in nearly every area of the world (WW1 centred in Europe) Bloodiest, resulted in 40 to 50 million deaths. transferred power from western Europe to USA and the Soviet Union
World War II (1939-1945) the largest war The two sides of the war the Axis Powers: Germany, Italy and Japan the Allies: Britain and her colonies (including India), France, the USA, the Soviet Union, and also China (smaller role)
World War II (1939-1945) the largest war The beginning Sep. 1 1939 German invasion of Poland
World War II (1939-1945) Timeline 1939 September : Britain and France declared war on Germany
World War II (1939-1945) Timeline 1940 May: German’s surprise invasion of France. British forces there retreated by sea. Summer: the Battle of Britain. British posts, airfields, factories and military installations were bombed by Germans
World War II (1939-1945) Timeline 1940 September: operation Blitz ,Germans bombed London and other cities, nightly air raids, killed about 43,000 people. London after air raids
World War II (1939-1945) Timeline London after air raids
World War II (1939-1945) Timeline 1941 The Battle of Atlantic. British supply ships, sailing east from the USA were sunk by the German U-boats. (Britain depended heavily on goods imported by sea). Many Indian, African and Chinese crewmembers were killed
World War II (1939-1945) Timeline 1941 December: Japan attacked on Pearl Harbour,American naval base at Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The USA declared war on Japan. Germany and Italy declared war on the USA.
World War II (1939-1945) Timeline Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbour
World War II (1939-1945) Timeline Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbour
World War II (1939-1945) Timeline 1942 February: the Japanese capture of Singapore May: Allies began large-scale air attacks on Germany. June: German invasion of the Soviet Union.
World War II (1939-1945) Timeline 1942 November: Allies victory in North Africa at the Battle of El Alamein The Soviet Union attacked Germany.
World War II (1939-1945) Timeline 1943 February: the Soviet Union forced a German army to surrender at Stalingrad.
World War II (1939-1945) Timeline 1944 June: D-DayAllies attack on France and Paris was taken from Germans.
World War II (1939-1945) Timeline 1945 February: Allies invaded Germany. May: Germany surrendered and Hitler committed suicide in his bunker in Berlin.
World War II (1939-1945) Timeline Hitler’s bunker
World War II (1939-1945) Timeline 1945 August: USA dropped Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. Japan surrendered.
World War II (1939-1945) Timeline Japan: Victim of atomic bomb
World War II (1939-1945) Timeline Japan: Victim of atomic bomb