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2 HITLERS WW II PARTNERS

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3 Brazil India THE ALLIED POWERS IN WW II

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5 CONQUEST OF POLANDCONQUEST OF POLAND ENGLAND AND FRANCE DECLARE WAR ON GERMANY AND ITALYENGLAND AND FRANCE DECLARE WAR ON GERMANY AND ITALY TOOLS OF THE BLITZKRIEGTOOLS OF THE BLITZKRIEG HITLER INVADES DENMARK, NORWAY, NETHERLANDS, THEN BELGIUM, LUXEMBOURG, AND FRANCEHITLER INVADES DENMARK, NORWAY, NETHERLANDS, THEN BELGIUM, LUXEMBOURG, AND FRANCE BATTLE OF BRITAINBATTLE OF BRITAIN

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6 Sept. 1 German Army invades Poland Sept. 3 Britain and France declare war on Germany Sept. 17 Red Army invades Poland in accordance with Nazi-Soviet Pact Sept. 27 Warsaw falls to the Nazis Nov. 30 Red Army attacks Finland Dec. 14 Soviet Union kicked out of League of Nations TIMELINE:1939

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8 MILITARY UNIT GERMANYPOLAND INFANTRY DIVISIONS 4638 MOTORIZED DIVISIONS 4 11 CALVALRY BRIGADES (HORSES) TANK DIVISIONS 7NONE TANKS 3200600 BOMBERS 1176146 FIGHTERS 771315 OTHER PLANES 1337381 MILITARY STRENGTH COMPARSION BETWEEN GERMANY AND POLAND IN 1939

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9 HITLER INVADES POLAND:SEPTEMBER 1, 1939

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10 BRITISH PRIME MINISTER CHAMBERLAINS WAR SPEECH SEPTEMBER 3, 1939

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11 POPULATION AND INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION AT START OF WORLD WAR II (*FRANCE WAS CONQUERED BY GERMANY IN 1940:**GERMANY INCLUDES AUSTRIA) NATION POPULATION IN 1939TONS OF STEEL PRODUCED UK 48,000,00013,000,000 USSR 190,000,00019,000,000 USA 132,000,00051,000,000 FRANCE* 42,000,0006,000,000 GERMANY** 76,000,00023,000,000 ITALY 44,000,0002,000,000 JAPAN 71,000,0006,000,000

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12 TOOLS OF THE BLITZKRIEG

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13 MOTORIZED VEHICLES ALLOWED GERMAN INFANTRY TO KEEP UP WITH THE TANKS GIVING THE PANZER (TANK) DIVISIONS INFANTRY SUPPORT WHEN NEEDED

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14 GERMAN TANKS WERE USED IN MASS FORMATIONS IN THE BEGINING OF THE WAR WHILE ALLIED TANK UNITS WERE OFTEN DIVIDED INTO SMALLER UNITS TO SUPPORT INFANTRY.

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15 GERMAN PANZER DIVISIONS WERE EQUIPPED WITH MOBILE ARTILLERY AND ASSAULT GUNS PROVIDING BOTH DIRECT AND INDIRECT FIRE ON A MOBILE BATTLEFIELD

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16 STUKA DIVEBOMBERS PROVIDED DIRECT ARTILLERY SUPPORT FOR ADVANCING TROOPS. IT WAS SLOW AND NEEDED PROTECTION FROM GERMAN FIGHTER PLANES TO AVOID BEING SHOT DOWN.

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17 HITLER CONQUERS DENMARK, NORWAY, NETHERLANDS, BELGIUM, AND LUXEMBOURG

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18 HITLERS INVASION OF NORTHWESTERN EUROPE ONE TWO THREE

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19 MAGINOT LINE

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20 CUTAWAY VIEW OF THE MAGINOT LINE

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21 FRENCH AND BRITISH TROOPS TRAPPED AT DUNKIRK

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22 ALLIED TROOPS ESCAPE THE ADVANCING GERMAN FORCES. HUNDREDS OF SHIPS FROM GREAT BRITAIN CAME TO TAKE THEM OFF THE DUNKIRK BEACHES AND BACK TO ENGLAND.

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23 AFTER THE GERMANS LEFT DUNKIRK, THEY TURNED SOUTH AND DEFEATED THE REMAINING FRENCH ARMIES

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25 GERMAN TROOPS ENTER PARIS

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26 HITLER VISITS PARIS FOR THE FIRST AND LAST TIME

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28 FRANCE UNDER GERMAN CONTROL

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29 FRENCH RESISTANCE FIGHTERS AGAINST GERMAN OCCUPIERS OF FRANCE

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30 AUGUST 1940: WHICH NATION WILL BE HITLERS NEXT TARGET FOR CONQUEST?

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31 GREAT BRITAIN GETS A NEW PRIME MINISTER: WINSTON CHURCHILL

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32 TO CONQUER GREAT BRITIAN HITLER WOULD HAVE TO CROSS THE ENGLISH CHANNEL. FIRST HE WOULD HAVE TO DESTROY THE RAF (ROYAL AIR FORCE) AND GAIN CONTROL OF THE AIR. TO CONQUER GREAT BRITIAN HITLER WOULD HAVE TO CROSS THE ENGLISH CHANNEL. FIRST HE WOULD HAVE TO DESTROY THE RAF (ROYAL AIR FORCE) AND GAIN CONTROL OF THE AIR.

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33 PLANE TYPE AT START OF AIR BATTLE AUGUST 1940 GERMAN LUFTWAFFE ROYAL AIRFORCE BOMBERS960500 FIGHTERS760700 PLANE LOSSES AT END OF BATTLE, MARCH 1941 2840 PLANES915 PLANES STATISTICS OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN

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35 PLANES OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN BRITISH SPITFIRE FIGHTER

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37 RAF: HAWKER HURRICANE

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38 DORNIER BOMBER JU88 BOMBER ME110 FIGHTER BOMBER

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39 ME 109 FW 190

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40 RADAR PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN DEFEATING THE GERMAN AIRFORCE AND PREVENTING HITLER FROM INVADING BRITAIN

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41 THE LONDON BLITZ: GERMANS TURN THEIR BOMBERS AGAINST LONDON AND OTHER BRITISH CITIES THE LONDON BLITZ: GERMANS TURN THEIR BOMBERS AGAINST LONDON AND OTHER BRITISH CITIES BBC RADIO ANNOUNCER DESCRIBES GERMAN BOMBING RAID ON LONDON IN 1940

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52 EFFECTS OF U-BOAT WARFAREEFFECTS OF U-BOAT WARFARE CONVOYS OF MERCHANT SHIPSCONVOYS OF MERCHANT SHIPS STATISTICS OF LOSSES AND SHIP CONSTRUCTIONSTATISTICS OF LOSSES AND SHIP CONSTRUCTION

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54 CHART OF ALLIED MERCHANT SHIPS SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINES (U-BOATS) FROM 1939 - 1945

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56 DEFENSE SPENDING INCREASES AS THE U.S. REALIZES IT MUST PREPARE FOR EVENTUAL WAR AGAINST THE AGGRESSORS

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57 THE ROBIN MOOR WAS CLEARLY MARKED AS MERCHANT VESSEL FROM THE USA

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58 CONVOYS INCREASED THE MERCHANT SHIPS CHANCES OF SURVIVING THE OCEAN VOYAGE

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59 AREA OF GREATEST DANGER FOR ALLIED MERCHANT SHIPS

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60 CONVOY ROUTES AND ANTI-SUBMARINE AIR PATROLS

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61 OPERATION BARBAROSSAOPERATION BARBAROSSA SOVIET WINTER 1941-1942 COUNTERATTACKSOVIET WINTER 1941-1942 COUNTERATTACK GERMAN SUMMER 1942 OFFENSIVEGERMAN SUMMER 1942 OFFENSIVE BATTLE OF STALINGRADBATTLE OF STALINGRAD BATTLE OF KURSKBATTLE OF KURSK

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62 THE WORLD IS SHOCKED WHEN GERMANY AND THE USSR SIGN A NONAGGRESSION PACT, PROMISING NOT TO ATTACK EACH OTHER

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63 HITLER WANTED TO AVOID A TWO FRONT WAR

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65 THE SOVIET UNION HAD AN ARMY OF OVER 4,700,000 WITH MILLIONS MORE IN RESERVE. THE USSR HAD 20,000 TANKS BUT MANY WERE OBSELETE AND NO MATCH FOR THE GERMAN PANZERS (TANKS). THE GERMAN ARMY, WERMACHT, INVADED THE SOVIET UNION WITH 3,400,000 SOLDIERS AND OVER 3000 TANKS.

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66 ALTHOUGH THE USSR HAD MORE OF EVERYTHING MOST OF THEIR EQUIPMENT WAS OUT OF DATE AND COULD NOT STAND UP TO MODERN GERMAN WEAPONS; BUT NEW MODELS OF TANKS WERE SUPERIOR TO GERMAN WEAPONS USSR

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67 T34 RUSSIAN MEDIUM TANK SUPERIOR TO ANY GERMAN TANK AT THE TIME, 1941

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68 OPERATION BARBAROSSA

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69 A GERMAN ANTI-TANK GUN CREW EASILY DESTROYS OUTMODED RUSSIA TANKS. GERMAN COMBAT ENGINEERS REPAIR A BRIDGE DESTROYED BY THE RETREATING RUSSIANS

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71 GERMANS ADVANCE ACROSS USSR

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72 BATTLE OF MOSCOW

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73 RUSSIAN POSTER ENCOURAGING TROOPS TO DEFEND MOSCOW THE GERMANS WERE PUSHED BACK BUT THEY REGROUPED AND WERE READY TO ATTACK THE NEXT SPRING AFTER BEATING BACK SOVIET COUNTERATTACKS.

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74 RUSSIAN MIXED TANK AND SKI INFANTRY TEAM ADVANCE ON GERMAN POSITIONS.

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75 SOLDIERS KILLED, WOUNDED, CAPTURED OR MISSING FROM JUNE 1941 TO JAN 31, 1942. USSR NUMBERS INCLUDE 3.35 MILLION SOLDIERS CAPTURED

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76 GERMAN 1942 OFFENSIVES IN THE SOVIET UNION STALINGRAD CAUCASUS

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