World War Two

The Beginning

The Invasion of poland

• Germany Invades Poland on September 1st 1939
• The United Kingdom and France declare war on Germany
• Poland Falls in 5 weeks to Germany

The Invasion of France

• Germany started there invasion on May 10th 1940 
• Germany ended its campaign 42 days later 
• The allies suffered 2 million casualties 
• Their campaign ended with the surrender of France

Operation Barborassa

• Hitler invades the Soviet Union in June of 1941
• The Germans took advantage of the poor Soviet defense 
• and forced Russia into a massive retreat 

Turning Points

Stalingrad

• Stalingrad is a large city on the River Volga
• The soviets used this city to take their stand 
• against the German Blitzkrieg 
• It ended as a major Soviet victory and turned the tide
• This one battle took the lives of 3 million people 

Hitlers declaration of War

• On December 11th 1941 Hitler declared war on the United States
• He did this at the instance of his Japanese ally  
• It gave the allies a huge advantage in man power in the west

The end

The Mediteranean

• Germany and Italy had been fighting England in N.A. since 1941 
• The axis forces are forced to withdraw due to being attacked on two sides
• The allies land in Sicily and Italy in 1943 and continue to fight there   
• till the end of the war.

Russian Counter Attack

• Russia Starts its offensive after Stalingrad in 1943.
• Drives Germany out of U.S.S.R
• by late 1944 they are almost on German soil.

Allied invasion of france

• The western allies start there invasion of occupied France
• on June 6th 1944.
• The first set foot on German soil 6 months later in December.

Battle of the Bulge

• The Battle of the Bulge was Hitlers last attempt to 
• turn the tide of the war in his favor.
• The Germans attacked In the Arden forest in an 
• attempt to drive on Antwerp a key port to allied 
• supplies.  but they never make it and are pushed back.

work cited

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• German Assault on France and the Low Countries, 1940. N.d. Walberswick. Web. 17 Apr. 14.
• N.d. American Heros Channel. Web. 17 Apr. 14.
• Operation Barborassa. N.d. Word Press. Web. 17 Apr. 14.
• Stalingrad. N.d. Bulletin. Web. 17 Apr. 14

work cited

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