Germanys Advances WWII Blitzkrieg Blitzkrieg German lightning war

Germany’s Advances WWII

�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.

Germany Conquers: � Countries invaded by Germany during World War 2: � Poland (1939) � Denmark (1940) � Norway (1940) � Belgium (1940) � The Netherlands France (1940) Greece (1941) Yugoslavia (Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia) - 1941. � Soviet Union (Russia part only, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia) -1941 � Egypt (- part only) 1942 � � � (aka Holland) - 1940 � Luxembourg (1940)

Hitler’s Forces Move Forward � 1940 � Hitler � Battle of Britain -Germans bomb Britain -Britain held ground bombs Belgium, � Norway, France and � Luxemburg � Germany occupies � Blitzkrieg! France

Soviet Invasion �June 22, 1941 �Operation Barbarossa � 3 million German troops �Largest invasion the world had seen �Germany had 2 fronts: � -Western and Eastern �Took resources away from Western Front

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United States Stays Neutral � Congress Approves: � -Lend Lease Act of 1941 � -lend resources to Allies � -$50 billion worth of goods � Peacetime Draft � -Call upon soldiers � -War is inevitable � Franklin D. Roosevelt � -New Deal � -War is good for economy

Fighting in Italy �Allies invade Sicily (1943) �Month long battle against Axis Powers �Allies force Germans out �Italians imprison Mussolini � -Italians celebrate his death �Italy joins the Allies

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 � -Over 1, 000 bombers a day � General territory Eisenhower is in charge

Deception �Germany knew Allies were going to attack � -Due to: � increased airstrikes � forces in Britain �They didn’t know where �Allies fooled Germans into thinking invasion would be North of Normandy

Weather �D-Day � � � invasion was planned for months -bad weather - low visibility -strong tides �Slowed Allies � -But Germany didn’t think they would attack

The Invasion- June 6 th, 1944 � 1 st wave: Paratroopers at night �Bombing from Air on German posts �Sabotage: � � -Communication -Railways �The Largest Amphibious Invasion in History

Omaha Beach � 1 st wave of landing craft at 6: 30 AM �Soldiers faced furious fire instantly �Beach: � � -Obstacles -Mines -Barbed Wire -German bunkers w/ guns

Stats � 156, 000 Allied soldiers involved � 34, 000 men landed on Omaha Beach � -10, 000 killed on 1 st day �U. S. loses 6, 000 men on the beach �“Bloody Omaha”

Aftermath � 850, 000 Allied troops by the end of the month. �Pushed �The the Germans out of France Beginning of the End for Germany

Check Up 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 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?