1. Major Events of World War II

2. Germany Invades Poland September 1, 1939
Blitzkreig?
Soviet Union?

3. WWII Weapons

4. Germany invades France 1940
Captures the city of Paris

5. Battle of Britain 1940 Royal Airforce? Winston Churchill?
German Luftwaffe?
Germany’s first Failure

6. Germany invades Soviet Union 1941
Big Mistake!!!

7. Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."[1]
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8. Germany Attacks Stalingrad 1942
TURNING POINT OF WAR IN EUROPE!!!!!
1942
2 Million causalities
Axis lose ¼ of their total manpower

9. Axis Powers in North Africa Surrender 1943
Needed to be done before the invasion of Italy

10. 1943 Mussolini arrested
In July, Allies invade Italy…Hitler sends troops to defend…it takes Allies about a year to capture Rome

11. June 6, 1944 D-DAY “The Tide has turned
June 6, 1944 D-DAY “The Tide has turned! The free men of the world are marching together to Victory.”
Led by Dwight D. Eisenhower
Largest water to land ivasion in history
Stormed the beaches of Normand to LIBERATE WESTERN EUROPE

12. May 8, 1945 V-E Day
One, by one, the countries conquered by Germany were freed as Allied soldiers forced the German out. By the time they got to Berlin, Hitler had committed suicide.

13. Battle of the Coral Sea 1942
First battle where ships could not see each other…whole battle fought by planes
Neither side won but we stopped Japan from invading Australia

14. Battle of Midway 1942 TURNING POINT OF WAR IN PACIFIC
We were protecting a US airbase and were able to sink four Japanese aircraft carriers.
This put Japan on the defensive and marked the end of Japanese control in the pacific!

15. Phillippines “I shall return!” General MacArthur
The island hopper

16. Manhattan Project Top secret mission to develop the Atomic Bomb
Einstein and Oppenheimer