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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. Slide3
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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) 1942Slide7
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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 AlliesSlide15
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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 chargeSlide18
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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 NormandySlide20
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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

1

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/ gunsSlide24
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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 GermanySlide27
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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?