The Tide Turns
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Stalingrad 1942-43Stalingrad 1942-43
http://www.stalingrad.com.ru/history/foto/zelma_05-08/assault_6.jpg
Germans surround Germans surround StalingradStalingrad
But are later
trapped in it
http://users.pandora.be/stalingrad/opwinter.html
Entire 6th Army Entire 6th Army destroyed or destroyed or
capturedcaptured
•Russian hero-Georgi Russian hero-Georgi Zhukov-takes over as Zhukov-takes over as
high commander high commander (leads (leads USSR to USSR to victory)victory)
KurskSummer 1943Greatest tank
battle in history:Germans lose http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/avenue/vy75/pictures/kursk.jpg
Victory at Victory at sea(sort of)sea(sort of)
• Main German weapon-Main German weapon-U Boats-defeated by U Boats-defeated by destroyers and convoysdestroyers and convoys
•784 Subs sunk versus 784 Subs sunk versus 2,828 Allied Merchant 2,828 Allied Merchant ShipsShips
German U-boat
US destroyer
depth-charging a
U-Boat
http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/0543001.jpg
http://www.looksmart.com/r?page=/search/frames/index.html=WWII+convoy
•2. 2. BismarkBismark-Great -Great German battleship German battleship destroyed at sea-destroyed at sea-surface fleet never surface fleet never challenges Britschallenges Brits
Bismark heads for the North Atlantic
http://www.geocities.com/pentagon/2146/battleships.html
BismarkBismark sinks sinks HMS HMS
HoodHoodBritain’s Britain’s greatest greatest
BattleshipBattleship
Obsolete British Swordfish torpedo planes damaged Bismark,
allowing fleet to catch up and destroy it
http://www.stable.demon.co.uk/
Allies Call for “Unconditional
Surrender”(Jan. 1943, Casablanca)• This allows the Axis leaders to use
a huge propaganda campaign in which they convince their citizens they will be slaves of the Allies if they lose.
• Axis soldiers and citizens put more effort into the war
Air war-Allies Air war-Allies attempt to attempt to
bomb bomb Germany Germany out of out of the the war-so we don’t war-so we don’t have to invade!have to invade!
Raids of 1,000 Planes or More
Strategic Bombing of War Industries turns into “Terror Bombing” of
Civilian Cities
Why?
To break the morale of citizens
But this plan did not work-the civilians lived and worked on
And possibly to take revenge on the Germans for the bombing of Coventry, England that killed 500 people
Civilians become Civilians become targetstargets
http://www.valourandhorror.com/BC/Raids/Dresden.htm
British Lancasterhttp://blvl.igs.net/~jlynch/bharis84.htm
Allies take complete Allies take complete control control of airof air
US B-17 Flying Fortress with P-51 escort
http://www.fscwv.edu/users/rheffner/b17/B17scrapbook.html
US B-24 Liberatorhttp://www.stable.demon.co.uk/
http://www.xs4all.nl/~rhorta/jg8th.htm
http://www.xs4all.nl/~rhorta/luftwaff.htm
Best German Fighter FW-190
Best US fighter P-51
The Bombing of Hamburg and Dresden
Allied Bombing Raids-Statistics 1943-44
• 400,000 Civilian Deaths
• 400,000 Civilian Injuries
• Destruction of 50 major cities
• Germany’s ability to produce tanks and planes still increased in 1943 and 1944
• Cuts in production did not occur until late 1944,war ended in May 1945
• Cost 40,000 Allied Planes
• 160,000 Allied Airmen Dead
• WAS IT WORTH IT??????