WW 2 The Allies The Axis Neutral Britain

WW 2

The Allies The Axis Neutral Britain France The USA (1941) Russia Germany Ireland Italy Switzerland Japan Sweden Spain

Invasion Of Poland 1939 Denmark & Norway conquered. Invasion and fall of France 1940 Dunkirk Battle of Britain The Blitz Invasion of Russia. Operation Barbarossa 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour Battle of El Alamei n 1942 Battle of Stalingrad Hitler’s suicide. VE Day End of the Battle of Stalingrad 1943 1944 1945 D-Day Atomic bombs in Japan-VJ Day

Timeline/Keywords: Sept 1939: Germany takes Poland after 3 weeks Phoney War: The period (Sept 1939 -April 1940) after Britain and France declared war on Germany in Sept 1939 but did not attack them April 1940: Denmark and Norway taken by Germany May 1940: Belgium, Holland France are attacked next Maginot Line: fortified line between France and Germany

May 1940: Germany turned west and invaded France and the Netherlands BY JUNE 1940, FRANCE HAD SURRENDERED TO THE GERMANS ALLOWED FRENCH TO SET UP A PUPPET GOVERNMENT IN SOUTH CALLED ‘VICHY FRANCE’ Adolf Hitler tours Paris after his successful invasion.

Dunkirk/Operation Dynamo British troops were forced to retreat from the beaches of Dunkirk in northern France. Captured British troops, May 1940

Battle of Britain/Operation Sealion RAF (Hurricane and Spitfire) V LUFTWAFFE (ME 109 s and 110 s Hitler wanted to take control of British skies 40, 000 British killed British would not let the German break their morale

- The British had radar to detect German planes. - British had better planes.

September 1940 -May 1941: The Blitz FOR THE FOLLOWING NINE MONTHS, THE GERMAN AIR FORCE (LUFTWAFFE) LAUNCHED REPEATED BOMBING RAIDS ON BRITISH TOWNS AND CITIES. THIS WAS KNOWN AS THE BLITZ AND WAS AN ATTEMPT TO BOMB BRITAIN INTO SUBMISSION.

Operation Barbarossa, June 1941 CALLED THE ‘GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR’ ORDERED A SCORCHED EARTH POLICY-DESTROYING ALL CROPS SO ADVANCING GERMANS COULD NOT USE THEM GERMANS COULD NOT DEAL WITH THE HARSH WEATHER CONDITIONS 200, 000 GERMAN SOLDIERS SURRENDERED. TURNING POINT IN THE WAR

Battle of Stalingrad The German Army, under Von Paulus attack the city of Stalingrad. The Russians, although outnumbered, defended their city fiercely. The Russian army, under Marshal Zhukov surrounded the Germans Nearly 250, 000 Germans died or surrendered.

El Alamein 1941 German troops ‘Afrika Corps’ were sent to North Africa to help out Musllolini The Germans were led by General Rommel. When the Germans reached El Alamein their advance was halted. The British army under General Montgomery built a huge advantage against the Germans The British had American Sherman tanks which were much better than the Germans. After two weeks the Germans were defeated

How did the Allies defeat Germany? The Germans and Italians were defeated in North Africa The Allies won the war at sea. The German U-boats were a major threat until the cracking of German codes (Enigma) The Germans made a big mistake invading Russia. They could not deal with the harsh weather conditions and the moral of the poorly equipped Russian soldiers

D-Day. Operation Overlord -The Allies planned a landing on the coast of Normandy in France -They used the coastline’s shallow water, sandy beaches and closeness to England to surprise the Germans -General Eisenhower commanded the Allied forces -Paratroopers dropped behind enemy lines -Warships and landing craft landed American, British and Canadian troops on five beaches (Omaha, Utah, Gold, Juno and Sword) -The Allies built PLUTO (Pipeline under the Ocean) to supply oil and Mulberry Harbours (floating artificial piers) in order to land trucks and tanks

Why did the Allies win WW 2? ? They had more people and bigger armies than the Axis Powers American and Russian industries prodiced more than Germany, Japan and Italy. Allied airforces were better than the Luftwaffe, as shown in the Battle of Britain. The Allies produced more oil than the Germans

Final Solution-Holocaust Jews were surrounded up in concentration camps such as Auschwitz Hitler’s SS organised their mass execution, beginning with the gassing of women, children and older men Others were used as slave labour until they died Some were buried in ass graves and others were burnt in ovens About 6 million Jews were called

War in the Pacific Battle between America and Japan June 1942 Battle of Midway-USA sunk four Japanese aircraft carriers Operation Manhattan-atomic bomb developed US President-Harry Truman Aug 1945, bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Results of WW 2 More than 55 million killed. Huge destruction to buildings, industries, roads etc The USA and the USSR became the leading superpowers and Europeans lost power At the Yalta Conference Germany was divided into two: East Germany was controlled by the Soviet Union, West Germany was controlled by America, Britain and France European leaders were determined to prevent another war. This eventually led to the creation of the EU

Soviet Union under Stalin until 1939

Life in Britain during WW 2