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Battles of World War II: Europe

Battles of World War II: Europe. Libertyville HS. Phases of World War II - Europe. Maginot Line. Fall of France. France considered the strongest military in world, before 1940 Defeated in 6 weeks Why? Reliance on linear ( static ) defense Lack of tanks. The Battle of Britain.

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Battles of World War II: Europe

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  1. Battles of World War II: Europe Libertyville HS

  2. Phases of World War II - Europe

  3. Maginot Line

  4. Fall of France • France considered the strongest military in world, before 1940 • Defeated in 6 weeks • Why? • Reliance on linear (static) defense • Lack of tanks

  5. The Battle of Britain

  6. St. Paul’s Cathedral, 1940

  7. The Battle of the Atlantic

  8. Operation Barbarossa: German invasion of Soviet Union

  9. Operation Barbarossa Germans Soviets Infantry: 3.2 million Tanks: 15,687 Artillery: 59,787 Airplanes: 11,537 • Infantry: 4.3 million • Tanks: 4,171 • Artillery: 42,601 • Airplanes: 4,389 • German surprise was complete • Almost 4000 Soviet aircraft were destroyed in first three days • of the attack • Germans advanced 300 miles in first week • Germans captured or killed over 1 million Soviet soldiers by • November, 1941

  10. Stalingrad Pre war Stalingrad

  11. Stalingrad: The Human Cost • Siege was 199 days long • Estimated 2 million casualties, combined • Germans: 850,000 casualties (KIA, WIA, POW) • Soviets: 1.1 million casualties + untold civilian casualties

  12. Battle of North Africa

  13. D-Day • “Operation Overlord” • Allied invasion of France • Beach landings in Normandy, France • Paratrooper drop the night the troops hit the beach • General Dwight Eisenhower: Supreme Allied Commander • After sharp combat, made it to Paris by August 1944

  14. Battle of the Bulge: Dec. 1944 • Last German offensive of the war • Assault through Ardennes Forest, in quiet sector with few allied troops • Battle of Bastogne • Artillery • “Nuts” story

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