The Second world war
Beginning of the War
• When the First world war happened
Germany lost the battle. German gave
all of his territory to France and Britain.
• The treaty of the Versailles affected the
Germany very harshly.
• Germany was desperately to regain its
former power.
• In 1939 German hopes of regaining
their old strength began to intensify
Rise of The Adolf
Hitler
• Adolf Hitler was an Austrian born German
Politician.
• Hitler took up political work in Munich in
may-June 1919
• He rose to power as leader of Nazis party
becoming the chancellor in 1933 and then
taking the title of Fuhrer und Reichskanzler
in 1934.
• Joseph Goebbels was his minister of the
Third Reich.
• Adolf Hitler Nazis killed six million of jews
and millions of other during the Holocaust.
Start of War
1939
• German demand for the
return of danzig and the
part of the polish
“Corridor” granted to
Poland from German
territory in Versailles treaty
of 1919.
• March 1939 Britain and
France had guaranteed
polish sovereignity.
• America was committed by
neutrality acts of 1935 and
1937 of non intervention in
overseas conflicts.
1940
German armies invaded
Belgium Luxembourg,
and northern France and
within the six weeks
defeated Western forces.
On 10 June Mussolinis
Italy declared war on
Britain and France.
In December Hitler
approved the operation
BARBAROSSA
America started Giving
increasing economic aid
to Britain and China.
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BARBAROSSA was launched
on 22 June 1941
In Abyssinia and Somaliland
Italians forces were forced
to surrender by May 1941
USA closely involved in War
because of the German
blockade of shipping
destined For Britain.
USA gave an economic
blockade of Japan which
cut off most Japanese oil
supplies.
On 7 December 1941
Japanese Naval aircraft
attacked the American
naval base at pearl Harbor.
America action provoked
both Japanese and
German retaliation.
On 11 December Germany
declared War on the USA
1942
Russia made a remarkable recovery and in November Germany and her allies
attacking stalingard were cut out off by a massive soviet encirclement
In November 1942 at Alamein a Predominantly Italian force was defeated by
Montgomery
In June America attacked The Japanese naval. In this attack they destroyed their
four Aircraft carriers and a heavy cruiser named Mikuma.
A landing combined American British landing in Morocco and Algeria in November .
1943
German Forces Finally Surrender to Russia in Stalingrad in January.
German and Italian Forces surrender to the Allied Forces in Tunisia.
German launched a Massive tank attack near Kursk in Russia but Russia defeated
them and began to offensive.
Allied Forces mount the invasion in Sicily then Italy. Italy sued an armistice in
September 1943
1944
The D-Day invasion, also known as OVERLORD, involved the largest
amphibious invasion in military history, when more than 150,000
Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy, France.
Soviet drove the German army out of the ussr and began an attack
in Eastern Europe.
The US Fifteenth Air Force flew its first shuttle mission to Russia,
bombing Debreczen, Hungary and then flying to Poltava.
1945
German Forces fully unconditional surrendered to Allied forces in May 7 1945
Hitler Died By suicide and his troops burned his body.
America Drop the atomic Bomb in Hiroshima and Nagashaki
Soviet forces destroyed the Japanese army in Manchuria.
Japanese Forces Fully Surrender in September 2 1945.
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