1 / 19

World War II

World War II. Nazi’s enter Poland. BY Kelli Cardenas Walsh. U.S. Troops in Paris. World War II. Who: Allied v. Axis powers (U.S., GB, U.S.S.R.) / (GE, JA, IT, o.FR) When : 1939-1945 Why: Political ideology, control of territories, spread of racial nationalism

kina
Download Presentation

World War II

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript


  1. World War II Nazi’s enter Poland BY Kelli Cardenas Walsh U.S. Troops in Paris

  2. World War II Who: Allied v. Axis powers (U.S., GB, U.S.S.R.) / (GE, JA, IT, o.FR) When: 1939-1945 Why: Political ideology, control of territories, spread of racial nationalism Where: Eastern and Western Europe, North Africa, Asia, South Pacific, Aletuian Islands

  3. Political and Military Leaders • ALLIED: • Franklin Roosevelt • Winston Churchill • Charles DeGualle • Joseph Stalin • Dwight D. Eisenhower • Bernard Montgomery • Georges S. Patton • Omar Bradley • AXIS: • Adolph Hitler • Benito Mussolini • Hirohito • Rommel

  4. Pre-War Treaty’s • Munich Pact (1938) • Nazi-Soviet Pact (1939) • Pact of Steel (1939) Nazi propaganda poster Rally in Nuremberg, 1923 (Simon Weisenthal Center)

  5. THREE PHASES TO THE WAR Axis Offensive: 1939-1941 Invasion of Poland, occupation of France, Battle of Britain, Battle of Stalingrad, Pearl Harbor, Italy invades Egypt, British Somaliland conquered by Italians, Italian Invasion of Greece • Allied Counter-Offensive: 1942-1943 Battle of Coral Sea, Battle of Midway, Manhattan project begins, Battle of El Al Amein, Allied invasion of Sicily, Mussolin forced to resign • Allied Offensive: 1944-1945 Allied offensive in Italy, Normandy Invasion, Battle of the Bulge, Battle of Iwo Jima, Battle of Okinawa

  6. DIVIDING POLAND German Foreign Minister signs a second German-Russian agreement over the division of Poland Phase One

  7. Germans in Leningrad (1941) – (phase one) Soviets in Berlin (1945) (Phase three)

  8. Axis Powers, 1942

  9. German Advance through Belgium and France Phase One

  10. Points of Attack on England Phase One

  11. War in the Pacific Battle of Coral Sea 7-8 May 1942 Destroyer’s along USS Lexington Battle of Midway Dive bombers from USS Hornet (CV-8) approaching the burning Japanese heavy cruiser Mikuma to make the third set of attacks on her, during the early afternoon of 6 June 1942. Scene on board USS Yorktown (CV-5), shortly after she was hit by three Japanese bombs on 4 June 1942. Phase Two

  12. The destruction of the Afrika Korps left the United Kingdom Eighth Army and the American Seventh Army without a mission.  Even before the final surrender of Axis Forces in North Africa, there was much discussion of where the Allies should strike next. • US President Franklin D. Roosevelt and UK Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill agreed that an invasion of Italy could knock her out of the war.  Besides boosting Allied morale, German control of the Balkans could be threatened. Invasion of Sicily Phase Two

  13. Operation Overlord • OBJECT -- to mount and carry out an operation with forces and equipment established in the United Kingdom… to secure a lodgement area on the Continent from which further offensive operations can be developed. This will be part of a concerted assault upon German occupied Europe from the United Kingdom, the Mediterranean andRussia. • 2. GENERAL INFORMATION—The operation will be executed in two phases: • Phase I—The assault and capture of an initiallodgement area, development of an airfield and the capture of CHERBOURG. • Phase II—Enlargement of the area captured in Phase I, to include the Brittany peninsula, all ports south…. • Phase I and some parts of Phase II will be executed by U.S., British and Canadian Forces assigned or attached to 21st Army Group. CMH

  14. D-Day Landing“Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death."-Gen. Omar Bradley In the space of three crucial months in 1944, the Allies progressed from landing 150,000 troops on five Normandy beaches, to a victory march through Paris 2,500 dead Phase Three

  15. D-Day + 80

  16. Battle of the Bulge Dec 16, 1944 – Jan 28, 1945 • The largest land battle of World War II in which the United States participated. • More than a million men fought in this battle including some 600,000 Germans, 500,000 Americans, and 55,000 British. • The German military force consisted of two Armies with ten corps(equal to 29 divisions). • While the American military force consisted of a total of three armies with six corps(equal to 31 divisions). • At the conclusion of the battle the casualties were as follows: • 81,000 U.S. with 19,000 killed, • 1400 British with 200 killed, and • 100,000 Germans killed, wounded or captured Phase Three

  17. Soviet and American Troops meet 1945 Phase Three

  18. Terms of German Surrender The German Command agrees to the surrender of all armed forces in HOLLAND, in northwest GERMANY including the FRISLIAN ISLANDS and HELIGOLAND and all islands, in SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, and in DENMARK, to the C.-in-C. 21 Army Group. =This to include all naval ships in these areas= These forces to lay down their arms and to surrender unconditionally.           2. All hostilities on land, on sea, or in the air by German forces in the above areas to cease at 0800 hrs. British Double Summer Time on Saturday 5 May 1945.           3. The German command to carry out at once, and without argument or comment, all further orders that will be issued by the Allied Powers on any subject.           4. Disobedience of orders, or failure to comply with them, will be regarded as a breach of these surrender terms and will be dealt with by the Allied Powers in accordance with the laws and usages of war. May 8, 1945 End of European Conflict

  19. Nazi/German Relics Nazi Eagle from the Reichstag building in Berlin Hitler’s Globe General Rommel's Baton

More Related