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Germany’s Advances
WWIISlide2
Blitzkrieg!
Blitzkrieg
, (
German: “lightning war”) military tactic calculated to create psychological shock and resultant disorganization in enemy forces through the employment of surprise, speed, and superiority in matériel or firepower. Slide3Slide4Slide5Slide6
Germany Conquers:
Countries invaded by Germany during World War 2:
Poland (1939)
Denmark (1940)Norway (1940)Belgium (1940)
The Netherlands (aka Holland) - 1940
Luxembourg (1940)
France (1940)
Greece (1941)
Yugoslavia (Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia) - 1941.
Soviet Union (Russia - part only, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia) -1941
Egypt (- part only) 1942Slide7Slide8Slide9
Hitler’s Forces Move Forward
1940
Hitler bombs Belgium, Norway, France and Luxemburg
Germany occupies France
Battle of Britain
-Germans bomb Britain
-Britain held ground
Blitzkrieg!Slide10
Soviet Invasion
June 22, 1941
Operation Barbarossa
3 million German troopsLargest invasion the world had seenGermany had 2 fronts: -Western and EasternTook resources away from Western FrontSlide11
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United States Stays Neutral
Congress Approves:
-Lend Lease Act of 1941
-lend resources to Allies -$50 billion worth of goodsPeacetime Draft
-Call upon soldiers
-War is inevitable
Franklin D. Roosevelt
-New Deal
-War is good for economySlide14
Fighting in Italy
Allies invade Sicily (1943)
Month long battle against Axis Powers
Allies force Germans outItalians imprison Mussolini -Italians celebrate his deathItaly joins the AlliesSlide15Slide16Slide17
Leading up to D-Day
Germany took over France
The Allies had managed to slow Germany down
Allies began gathering in Britain -Large amount of supplies
Increased Air strikes in German territory
-Over 1,000 bombers a day
General Eisenhower is in chargeSlide18Slide19
Deception
Germany knew Allies were going to attack
-Due to:
increased airstrikes forces in BritainThey didn’t know whereAllies fooled Germans into thinking invasion would be North of NormandySlide20Slide21
Weather
D-Day invasion was planned for months
-bad weather
- low visibility -strong tidesSlowed Allies -But Germany didn’t think they would attackSlide22
The Invasion- June 6th
, 1944
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st wave: Paratroopers at nightBombing from Air on German posts
Sabotage:
-Communication
-Railways
The Largest Amphibious Invasion in HistorySlide23
Omaha Beach
1
st
wave of landing craft at 6:30 AMSoldiers faced furious fire instantlyBeach: -Obstacles
-Mines
-Barbed Wire
-German bunkers w/ gunsSlide24Slide25
Stats
156,000 Allied soldiers involved
34,000 men landed on Omaha Beach
-10,000 killed on 1st dayU.S. loses 6,000 men on the beach
“Bloody Omaha”Slide26
Aftermath
850,000 Allied troops by the end of the month.
Pushed the Germans out of France
The Beginning of the End for GermanySlide27Slide28Slide29
Check Up
The Allies used ____________ to fool the Germans of the whereabouts of their attack.
When did D-Day take place?
Where did the invasion take place (State of France)?
D-Day is the largest ____________ invasion ever.
The Americans landed on which beach at Normandy?
Give an example of obstacles troops faced on the beach.
What was the significance of D-Day?
How
many total troops
stormed the beach?
What was the American death toll?