the royal air force. the london “tube”: air raid shelters during the blitz
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The Royal Air ForceThe Royal Air Force
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The London “Tube”:Air Raid Shelters during the
Blitz
The London “Tube”:Air Raid Shelters during the
Blitz
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Now Britain Is All Alone!Now Britain Is All Alone!
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North Africa
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Operation Barbarossa:Hitler’s Biggest MistakeOperation Barbarossa:
Hitler’s Biggest Mistake
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Operation Barbarossa: June 22, 1941
Operation Barbarossa: June 22, 1941
3,000,000 German 3,000,000 German soldiers.soldiers. 3,400 tanks.3,400 tanks.
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Great Britain.........................$31 billionSoviet Union...........................$11 billionFrance......................................$ 3 billionChina.......................................$1.5 billionOther European.................$500 millionSouth America...................$400 million
The amount totaled: $48,601,365,000
Great Britain.........................$31 billionSoviet Union...........................$11 billionFrance......................................$ 3 billionChina.......................................$1.5 billionOther European.................$500 millionSouth America...................$400 million
The amount totaled: $48,601,365,000
U. S. Lend-Lease Act,1941
U. S. Lend-Lease Act,1941
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Pearl Harbor
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The U.S. Declares War
FDR signs the declaration of war against Japan
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Battle of Stalingrad:Winter of 1941-1943
Battle of Stalingrad:Winter of 1941-1943
German Army Russian Army1,011,500 men 1,000,500 men
10,290 artillery guns
13,541 artillery guns
675 tanks 894 tanks
1,216 planes 1,115 planes
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The North Africa Campaign:
The Battle of El Alamein, 1942
The North Africa Campaign:
The Battle of El Alamein, 1942 Gen. Ernst
Rommel,The “Desert Fox”
Gen. Ernst Rommel,
The “Desert Fox”
Gen. Bernard Law
Montgomery(“Monty”)
Gen. Bernard Law
Montgomery(“Monty”)
““Operation Torch”Operation Torch”
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The Italian Campaign [“Operation Torch”]
The Italian Campaign [“Operation Torch”]
Allies plan Allies plan assault on assault on weakest Axis weakest Axis area - North area - North Africa - Nov. Africa - Nov. 1942-May 1942-May 19431943
George S. George S. PattonPatton leads leads American American troopstroops
Germans Germans trapped in trapped in Tunisia - Tunisia - surrender surrender over 275,000 over 275,000 troops.troops.
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The Allies Liberate Rome:June 4, 1944
The Allies Liberate Rome:June 4, 1944
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Gen. Eisenhower Gives the Orders for D-Day [“Operation
Overlord”]
Gen. Eisenhower Gives the Orders for D-Day [“Operation
Overlord”]
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D-Day (D-Day (June 6, 1944) 6, 1944)
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D-Day (June 6, 1944)D-Day (June 6, 1944)
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Normandy Landing
(June 6, 1944)
Normandy Landing
(June 6, 1944)
Higgins Landing Higgins Landing CraftsCrafts
German German PrisonersPrisoners
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July 20, 1944 Assassination Plot
July 20, 1944 Assassination Plot
Major Claus Major Claus vonvon
StauffenbergStauffenberg