The European Theatre Battles of WWII By: Elizabeth I.

The European Theatre Battles

of WWII

By: Elizabeth I.

• Invasion of Poland

• The Fall of France

• North Africa Battles

• Stalingrad

• Battle of the Bulge

• D-Day

• Hitler demanded the Baltic Sea port which was in Polish control

• Alleged allies such as Britain & France were going to back Poland’s refusal for the sea port Danzig

• Germany turned to the USSR for support in invasion of Poland

• Germany attacked from the west and the USSR from the east

• The warfare became known as blitzkrieg – “lightening war” using tanks & aircraft

• Poland Fell to German forces on October 5th 1939

• The Maginot line were bunkers built in protection against Germany

• Hitler simply went around the Maginot line and invaded through the Netherlands,Belgium & Luxembourg

• France was caught by surprise leaving the French & British forces trapped in Belgium

• A miracle occurred at a port called Dunkirk when German forces halted giving time for evacuation & saved the country from complete defeat by Hitler

• France surrendered in June 1940

• US president Roosevelt invaded Morocco & Algeria for the experience and to aid Britain in the fight against Germany in Egypt.

• During El Alamein General Erwin Rommel who lead the German forces planned to trap US and British forces in between Tunisia and Libya

• US forces did not fare well up against German force causing 7,000 casualties and losing 200 tanks

• Luckily Both American and British Forces forced Germany to surrender in North Africa

• With confidence and persistency Hitler wanted to cut off supplies to Stalingrad which would keep the Soviets in the war

• Joseph Stalin ordered all troops to hold forcing German forces to the front lines

• Soviets surrounded 250,000 German troops

• 91,000 surrendered & only 5,000 survived

• One last desperate attempt by Hitler involved blocking supplies coming through Belgium

• Germany caught Americans surrounding them

• General Patton and troops saved the Americans by attacking German forces

• Germany lost the battle with 100,000 casualties

• President Roosevelt and Churchill planned the invasion of France which was lead by General Eisenhower

• The US forces were going to surprise Germany using rubber tanks,and dummy landing craft. This completely fooled Germany while they attacked through Normandy

• 100,000 soldiers by boat• 23,000 paratroopers

• Soviet troops began a massive attack on German Troops sending German forces back to Poland

• The Soviets had Germany by the Eastern border and America had attacked German forces by the Western border

• This crushed the German forces causing the suicide of Hitler

• The Surrender of Germany was on May 8th 1945

The End

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