PPT-Battle of Stalingrad

By Sonia Doobay amp Linda Stacho Battle of Stalingrad Took place from July 17 1942 to February 2 1943 during the Second World War Stalingrad was known as Tsaritsyn until 1925 and since 1961 has been known as Volgograd named after the . By: . Timothy Gerlach. , . Jake Carey. , . Sara Diaz. Events leading up to the Battle. Germany repeatedly losing battles. Loss of Morale among German soldiers. Loss of territory gained over the war . Don’t Mess With Uncle Joe. Background Events: . The . USSR attacked . Finland. “Winter War”.. . Italy . invades Greece but . were soon forced back into Albania. .. . Significance. : . Yugoslavia disappeared from the map as Hitler had to come to Mussolini’s rescue. By: Ashley Nichols. Ronaldo Moran. Hitler losing. German history of blitzkrieg pushes. Wanted to “bully” the Allies into peace -> focus on Russia. Background Information. Allies. 800,000 men. 424 armored vehicles. Operation Barbarossa. Why? . Living Space, Oil, Wheat. When? . June 22, 1941. Who? . 3 Million German troops attack along an 1800 mile front. What? . 3 Pronged attack. 1. Moscow 2. Kiev . 3. Leningrad. -The turning point of WW2. By: Keara Haack, Avery Escobar, Reilly Amrine, Megan Sakamoto and Abby Dean. Thesis . Operation Barbarossa was the Nazis start to a massive invasion on the Soviet Union but Hitler had underestimated the capability of the Russian people. In the battle of Leningrad, Russia had the upper hand as the Nazis were fighting a two front war and lacked many resources. The battle of Stalingrad was the first major defeat against the axis and this lead to gained confidence in the allies ability to win and the beginning of the turning point in the war.. By Samuel Amis. Europe – 1812. The French Emperor Napoleon had humbled all the main European powers save Great Britain, whose navy won a decisive victory at Trafalgar and put paid to any French ambitions of invasion. Instead Napoleon turned to dominating the mainland and thus denying the British their major markets for trade. To this end he occupied Spain and put his brother on the throne and forced the Austrians, Prussians as well as the Italian and German states into an unwilling alliance with France. Napoleon eventually overreached himself with the disastrous invasion of Russia that resulted in the deaths. Don’t Mess With Uncle Joe. Background Events: . The USSR attacked . Finland. “Winter War”. . Italy invades Greece but . were soon forced back into Albania. . . Significance: . Yugoslavia disappeared from the map as Hitler had to come to Mussolini’s rescue. – June 22, 1941 . Haotian, Callie, Jordan, Asna, Eric. Recap: . Hitler motivated by Lebensraum. Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact 1939. Invasion of Poland 1939. France surrenders . 1940. Battle of Britain stalemate 1940. L/O – To examine the events of the battle and to judge who was now favourite to win the crown. Can you remember who they were?. Harold becomes King of England. When Edward the Confessor died on 5th January 1066, the . of. Stalingrad. . July17,1942 - Feb.2,1943. By Anthony Ayo. The Largest Battle in All of Human History. PRE-War Stalingrad. Nazi’s Vs Communists. David Wong, Jeremy Gunawan, Francisco Rubiolo, Matthew Morin. Thesis. To aid the Allies in the fight against Hitler, the U.S.A. sent supplies overseas, to which Germany responded by shooting them down with U-boats. To protect their ships, Allied inventors developed . Germans in the city.. The street warfare.. “Pavlov’s House” – Germans failed to capture 4-storey building during 58 days.. Soviet Preparations for Counter-Offensive.. Beginning of the Soviet attack – November 19, 1942.. July 21, 1861. Background Information. Also known as the . First Battle of Manassas. Battle . took place on July 21, 1861 in Manassas, Virginia . (about 25 miles from D.C.). Union objective. : . defeat the Confederate army and capture the Confederate capital of Richmond. The second World War defense of the UK by the Royal Air Force against the German Air force (Luftwaffe). Date: 10 July- 31 October 1940. Location: Britain airspace. Result: British victory. WWII’s defense of the UK by the Royal Air Force against an onslaught by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe).