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by John M Chris T Jeffrey G amp Sam C Thesis After Germany took over the Baltics but failed in the battle of Stalingrad the Soviets launched a series of counterattacks that forced Germany to fight a two sided war forcing the Germans to retreat and defend against Russias run to Berlin ID: 611615

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Slide1

Battle of the Baltics

-by John M. Chris T. Jeffrey G. & Sam C.Slide2

Thesis

After Germany took over the Baltics but failed in the battle of Stalingrad, the Soviets launched a series of counter-attacks that forced Germany to fight a two sided war, forcing the Germans to retreat and defend against Russia's run to Berlin; the Battle of the Baltics not only weakened Germany's army but also proved to be disastrous for Baltic civilians.Slide3

Timeline

The Baltic states are taken by Russia under the Nazi-Soviet pact.

The Baltic states are taken by Germany through Operation Barbarossa.

Soviet launch counter-attack.

German force surrendered at Courland.

1939-1940

1941

1944

After battle of stalingrad 1942-1943

May, 1945Slide4

Soviet annexation of the Baltic states

Secret deal of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact

Starting in June of 1940 the Soviets began military occupation in Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania.

Signed a treaty separately with Baltic states, allow Soviets to build military bases and propose puppet government on the Baltics.Slide5

German offensive to Baltic States

Second stage of Operation Barbarossa.

Reasons to focus on Baltic states

Rich resources like oil sheds.

Lebensraum

Employs

Blitzkrieg

war tactics. Paralyzed the airport and railways to cut off the transportation.Baltics are glad to see Germans occupied their country, see them as a liberator.

Which in fact it’s definitely not as good as people expectedSlide6

Warring tacticsSlide7

After Invasion

Germans is welcomed at first by the people.

Hope to re-establish the Baltic independence.

German implies the

Volksgemeinschaft

to hope to germanize the Baltic states as well as make the Baltic states the new German territory unit.

When people realized what happened, they established the supreme committee for the liberation of Lithuania in 1943. 1944, the National Committee of the Estonian Republic was found.

Helped by finns and swedes.Slide8

Battle of Narva

Battle between Germans and Soviets

Fought for strategically important Narva Isthmus

Local troops fought for the Nazis

Battle for Narva Bridgehead

Battle of Tannenberg Line

2 February – 10 August 1944Slide9

Operation Bagration

Massively successful as it cleared all Germans from Belarus to eastern Poland and drove a barrier between the German 16th Army of Group North and

Third Panzer Army of Army Group Centre

.

Cost Hitler:

3 Armies

The Eastern Front

350,000 men

Hundreds of tanks

1,300 guns.

Led to Operation Doppelkopf, C

äesar, and the Courland pocket.

22 of June and 19th of August, 1944.Slide10

Operation Doppelkopf-C

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sar

Operation Doppelkopf

German attempt to reunite Army Group Centre and North.

It failed.

Operation C

ä

sar Meant to disrupt Soviet plans with the ultimate objective of striking towards Šiauliai.

It failed.

The Red Army attacked again on 5 October, in the Memel Offensive Operation. Five days later, they reached the Baltic Sea and finally cut off Army Group North in what eventually became the Courland Pocket.Slide11

Courland Pocket

Because of Hitler’s insane no retreat rule, more than 200,000 German troops were hopelessly trapped in Latvia.

After 6 debilitating attacks by the Soviets,the Germans eventually surrendered on May 9th,1945. Making them some of the last Germans

to surrender.

Slide12

Holocaust in Baltic States

Terrifying amount of Jews getting killed.

220,000 Jews were living in Lithuania, 10,000 remained alive.

Germans mass murdered 34,000 Latvian Jews in 3 months after they occupied Latvia in July 1941.

Between November 30th and December 7th another 25000 Jews were killed.

In 1941, 1,200 babies were killed in the ghetto in Estonia.

4,550 Jews lived in Estonia. Most fled to Russia.

Most male Jews who remained higher than 16 years old was murdered.Slide13

Holocaust in Baltic States

'I was forced to watch Nazi killing of Jews aged seven' --Aleksandras Iljasevicius (a muslim who survived the massacre).Slide14

Holocaust in Baltic States

When the Germans came, they rounded up the men and took them to the edge of a forest not far from a little brook and had them dig a long trench.

--Aleksandras Iljasevicius

I asked my grandma why they were crying. She said "Shhh, don't say anything!" Then we all had to walk to the edge of the forest, and we were told to sit there and watch.

--Aleksandras IljaseviciusSlide15

Holocaust in Baltic StatesSlide16

Impact on Germany & USSR

The Battle of the Baltic resulted in the downfall of the German forces. If the Germans didn’t attack Russia, the Soviets would still be on the axis side.

After Germans failed in the Battle of Stalingrad, Soviet turned on Germany and forced Germans to fight a two front war.

Which ultimately resulted in Germany lost in WWII.Slide17

Impact on Baltic states

Major population loss in states.

Estonia lost 180,000 (25%) of their population compared to pre-war phases.

Lithuania lost 250,000 (15%) of the total population compared to pre-war phases.

90,000 death in Estonia.

Russia took over the Baltics. And after 1945, the Cold War starts.

The Baltics were forced to change into communistic states to adopt Russian culture.

The new system generally held the Baltic states well until the 1950s.

Starting from the 1970s, the anti-Russian mood raised to a climax.

In the 1980s the Soviet Union collapsed, leading to the liberation of the Baltic states in 1991.

The Baltic civilians viewed the end of WWII as their liberation in 1991.Slide18

Works cited

Bater, James H. "Baltic States - Independence and the 20th Century."

Britannica

. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 22 Apr. 2016.

Buttar, Prit.

Between Giants: The Battle for the Baltics in World War II

. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Print.

"Estonian Embassy in Washington."

Estonian Embassy in Washington RSS

. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Apr. 2016.

"Operation Bagration: Soviet Offensive of 1944 | HistoryNet."

HistoryNet. N.p., 25 July 2006. Web. 22 Apr. 2016.

Snyder, Timothy.

The Bloodlands

. N.p.: First Trade Paper, 2012. Print."'I Was Forced to Watch Nazi Killing of Jews Aged Seven'"

BBC News. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Apr. 2016.

Source usedSlide19

das Ende

-Comic sans in your face Doran.