WW2

The Allies

Britain

France

The USA (1941)

Russia

The Axis

Germany

Italy

Japan

Neutral

Ireland

Switzerland

Sweden

Spain

1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945

Invasion Of Poland

Denmark & Norway conquered. Invasion and fall of France

DunkirkBattle of BritainThe Blitz

Invasion of Russia-Operation Barbarossa

Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour

Battle of El Alamein

Battle of Stalingrad

End of the Battle of Stalingrad

D-Day

Hitler’s suicide-VE 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 and 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 GERMANSTHE 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 109s and 110s

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 THEMGERMANS COULD NOT DEAL WITH THE HARSH WEATHER CONDITIONS200,000 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 WW2??

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 WW2 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 WW2