Slide 1WW II in Europe Phase 1: Blitzkreig --- 1939 Poland; 1940 Germany, Italy and Japan join in Axis Pact; 1940 France, Scandinavia, Low Countries; Battle of Britain; 1941…
Slide 1End of WW II in Europe Slide 2 After D-Day After the Allies landed in Normandy, they began to drive the Germans out of France. After the Allies landed in Normandy,…
Slide 1WWII was fought on multiple fronts. Slide 2 Multiple Front war A multiple front war divided the U.S. war efforts and fighting forces. The forces of the U.S. were…
Slide 1Victory in Europe and the Pacific Slide 2 Why it Matters In 1942 and 1943 the Allies turned back Axis advances In 1944 and 1945 they attacked Germany from…
Slide 1 Slide 2 Prime Minister Winston Churchill Allied War Plans – FDR & Winston Churchill (Prime Minister of Great Britain) felt that Allies were not ready for…
Slide 1 Germany has a solid hold on Europe and the allied armies are too weak to reinvade. What should they do in the meantime? When the allies are finally strong enough,…
Slide 1 World War II 1939 - 1945 Slide 2 The rise of Fascist dictators in Italy, Germany, and elsewhere made the out break of a new war almost inevitable. These dictators…
Slide 1 WORLD WAR II Slide 2 Slide 3 Atlantic Charter (August 1941): Churchill and U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt met secretly after the invasion of Soviet Union. Slide…
Slide 1 WORLD WAR II INVASION OF FRANCE EASTERN FRONT ATOMIC BOMB Slide 2 D-Day June 6, 1944 – Allied forces invade France, known as Operation Overlord – 150,000 troops…
Slide 1 World War II 1939-1945 Slide 2 HITLER’S LIGHTNING WAR Section 1 Slide 3 Causes of WWII: Hitler’s plan to “NAB” the rest of Europe N : non-aggression pact-…