Battle of the Bulge - Northern Highlands
... The Allies were surprised by the attack. They had received little intelligence that such an attack would take place. Before the attack started, English speaking German soldiers dressed in American uniforms went behind the lines of the Allies and caused havoc by spreading misinformation, changing roa ...
... The Allies were surprised by the attack. They had received little intelligence that such an attack would take place. Before the attack started, English speaking German soldiers dressed in American uniforms went behind the lines of the Allies and caused havoc by spreading misinformation, changing roa ...
Ardennes Offensive
... Hitler created new Panzer divisions to support the offensive under the command of Generals Dietrich and Manteuffel, each attacking a separate point of the Allied front ...
... Hitler created new Panzer divisions to support the offensive under the command of Generals Dietrich and Manteuffel, each attacking a separate point of the Allied front ...
Total War
... Spanish Civil War in progress, Germany supported Franco Guernica was cultural center of Basques, no military value April 26, 1937, German bombers dropped high explosive and incendiary bombs on the city Fires burned for three days, 70% of the town was destroyed 1,600 civilians killed or wounded ...
... Spanish Civil War in progress, Germany supported Franco Guernica was cultural center of Basques, no military value April 26, 1937, German bombers dropped high explosive and incendiary bombs on the city Fires burned for three days, 70% of the town was destroyed 1,600 civilians killed or wounded ...
World War II
... forcing British surrender. Germans were not concerned with attacking military targets. They wanted to crush the spirit of every day citizens so they bombed large cities such as London. This bombing was known as the “Battle of Britain”. It was very successful in destroying property, but the British, ...
... forcing British surrender. Germans were not concerned with attacking military targets. They wanted to crush the spirit of every day citizens so they bombed large cities such as London. This bombing was known as the “Battle of Britain”. It was very successful in destroying property, but the British, ...
D-Day
... B. Allies used beach fox holes to get sleep others got killed by friendly artillery. C. Many men died [millions] after being dropped off on the beaches by German pillboxes on the beaches of Omaha, Normandy, and Utah. D. Many towns were destroyed on the D-Day invasion like Verville- Ser- Mer a French ...
... B. Allies used beach fox holes to get sleep others got killed by friendly artillery. C. Many men died [millions] after being dropped off on the beaches by German pillboxes on the beaches of Omaha, Normandy, and Utah. D. Many towns were destroyed on the D-Day invasion like Verville- Ser- Mer a French ...
File
... Gold – 25,000 landed; pushed Nazis back 6 miles by nightfall Sword – British Infantry Division; 29,000 men, 223 tanks; German defense was weak; Panzers counter-attacked Juno – 359 Allies died; Canadians and UK. U.S., Brit, Canadian forces suffered high casualties, but invasion successful! Allowed gr ...
... Gold – 25,000 landed; pushed Nazis back 6 miles by nightfall Sword – British Infantry Division; 29,000 men, 223 tanks; German defense was weak; Panzers counter-attacked Juno – 359 Allies died; Canadians and UK. U.S., Brit, Canadian forces suffered high casualties, but invasion successful! Allowed gr ...
The Battles of WWII: 1942
... Africa was a struggle for control of the Suez Canal and access to oil from the Middle East and raw materials from Asia. ...
... Africa was a struggle for control of the Suez Canal and access to oil from the Middle East and raw materials from Asia. ...
the battle of the bulge
... fuel depots and keeping to an ambitious timetable. They did capture some fuel but not enough. The route had to be changed because some roads were impassable and resistance intensified. The Americans blasted the bridges on the Ambleve and Salm Rivers he needed to cross. On ...
... fuel depots and keeping to an ambitious timetable. They did capture some fuel but not enough. The route had to be changed because some roads were impassable and resistance intensified. The Americans blasted the bridges on the Ambleve and Salm Rivers he needed to cross. On ...
The Bombing of Cities - Streetsboro City Schools
... there is only one sure path. We have no Continental army which can defeat the German military power.. there is one thing that will bring him down, and that is an absolutely devastating, exterminating attack by very heavy bombers from this country upon the Nazi homeland. We must be able to overwhelm ...
... there is only one sure path. We have no Continental army which can defeat the German military power.. there is one thing that will bring him down, and that is an absolutely devastating, exterminating attack by very heavy bombers from this country upon the Nazi homeland. We must be able to overwhelm ...
The Germans and the Allies Prepare for War
... except stopping the iron ore," Ironside noted gloomily in his diary.7 In their planning the Allies neglected two basic factors. The pretext for crossing Norway and Sweden was to help Finland. But by the end of January it was pretty clear that Finland couldn't hold out for more than a month or so at ...
... except stopping the iron ore," Ironside noted gloomily in his diary.7 In their planning the Allies neglected two basic factors. The pretext for crossing Norway and Sweden was to help Finland. But by the end of January it was pretty clear that Finland couldn't hold out for more than a month or so at ...
3 North Africa - Pittsfield High School
... tank commander always had to point his tank directly at the panzers to score a hit. Also, the Americans fought tank-totank, while the Germans concentrated their fire. The M3 would burn when hit and the riveted construction would shoot hot flying rivets around the crew compartment when it was hit. Al ...
... tank commander always had to point his tank directly at the panzers to score a hit. Also, the Americans fought tank-totank, while the Germans concentrated their fire. The M3 would burn when hit and the riveted construction would shoot hot flying rivets around the crew compartment when it was hit. Al ...
NATIONALISM & THE OUTBREAK OF WWII
... Stalin & the Rise of Russia Joseph Stalin 1927-53 Wrestles power away from Trotsky and othersconsolidates his dictatorship by 1927 or so Terror, the GULAG , Ended private businesses ...
... Stalin & the Rise of Russia Joseph Stalin 1927-53 Wrestles power away from Trotsky and othersconsolidates his dictatorship by 1927 or so Terror, the GULAG , Ended private businesses ...
WWII - Charles Best Library
... Allies had broken the code to they knew in advance German plans Axis powers pushed back to Tunisia Nov 8, 1942, Allies landed in Morocco and Algeria, opening up a front in the west as well - Led by General ...
... Allies had broken the code to they knew in advance German plans Axis powers pushed back to Tunisia Nov 8, 1942, Allies landed in Morocco and Algeria, opening up a front in the west as well - Led by General ...
Chapter 22 *The Ordeal of Reconstruction
... murdering Jap buzzards. Their helpless victims, sprawled darkly against the white, of the road, were easy targets. As members of the murder squad stooped over each huddled form, there would be an orange 'flash in the darkness and a sharp report. The bodies were left where they lay, that other prison ...
... murdering Jap buzzards. Their helpless victims, sprawled darkly against the white, of the road, were easy targets. As members of the murder squad stooped over each huddled form, there would be an orange 'flash in the darkness and a sharp report. The bodies were left where they lay, that other prison ...
Operation Barbarossa Stalls Out
... bridges. The Germans broke through everywhere, pushing the Russian divisions aside, capturing thousands of soldiers, and disrupting telephone and telegraph lines. Stalin did not clear the Soviet fighters to take off until the bombardment was four hours old. The VVS fought fiercely in scattered insta ...
... bridges. The Germans broke through everywhere, pushing the Russian divisions aside, capturing thousands of soldiers, and disrupting telephone and telegraph lines. Stalin did not clear the Soviet fighters to take off until the bombardment was four hours old. The VVS fought fiercely in scattered insta ...
24.3
... captured until the end of June and was badly damaged. The Allies could not risk launching the invasion without a useable port. They constructed an artificial harbour which could be towed across the channel. ...
... captured until the end of June and was badly damaged. The Allies could not risk launching the invasion without a useable port. They constructed an artificial harbour which could be towed across the channel. ...
The Road to Victory in Europe
... • Gen. Patton moved entire army of 250,000 from western France to help stop German Advance. • Largest battle in western Europe during WWII and largest ever fought by U.S. army. • 600,000 GI’s involved – 80,000 killed wounded or captured • Germans lost 100,000 troops – after this battle, most Nazi l ...
... • Gen. Patton moved entire army of 250,000 from western France to help stop German Advance. • Largest battle in western Europe during WWII and largest ever fought by U.S. army. • 600,000 GI’s involved – 80,000 killed wounded or captured • Germans lost 100,000 troops – after this battle, most Nazi l ...
Adolph Hitler (1889
... Operation Sea Lion was the name for the German invasion of Great Britain in 1940. The first step necessary was for the Luftwaffe or German Air Force to secure control of the air over Britain by defeating the Royal Air Force. The war between the two air forces became known as the Battle of Britain. T ...
... Operation Sea Lion was the name for the German invasion of Great Britain in 1940. The first step necessary was for the Luftwaffe or German Air Force to secure control of the air over Britain by defeating the Royal Air Force. The war between the two air forces became known as the Battle of Britain. T ...
WWII Battles Powerpoint
... Tactics: Blitzkrieg – fast moving planes and tanks followed by infantry Results: Poland Surrenders Sept. 27, 1939 Poland Split between Germany & USSR ...
... Tactics: Blitzkrieg – fast moving planes and tanks followed by infantry Results: Poland Surrenders Sept. 27, 1939 Poland Split between Germany & USSR ...
U - TBAISD Moodle
... 48. Poison Gas - It was another weapon of World War I. It involved the release of chemical vapors. The Germans first used it in combat. Both sides used it to some effectiveness. Since then, no country has dared use it on countries that could retaliate in kind. It’s most recent known use was by Iraq ...
... 48. Poison Gas - It was another weapon of World War I. It involved the release of chemical vapors. The Germans first used it in combat. Both sides used it to some effectiveness. Since then, no country has dared use it on countries that could retaliate in kind. It’s most recent known use was by Iraq ...
textbook 569-577 - San Leandro Unified School District
... reach the Volga and take Stalingrad is not so difficult for us,” one German soldier wrote home. “Victory is not far away.” The Luftwaffe—the German air force—prepared the way with nightly bombing raids over the city. Nearly every wooden building in Stalingrad was set ablaze. The situation looked so ...
... reach the Volga and take Stalingrad is not so difficult for us,” one German soldier wrote home. “Victory is not far away.” The Luftwaffe—the German air force—prepared the way with nightly bombing raids over the city. Nearly every wooden building in Stalingrad was set ablaze. The situation looked so ...
WWII Beginnings and Battles
... • Why? To break British Moral • Germans lose 2300 planes vs. British 600 • British citizens are bombed day and then night Hitler could not defeat the British ...
... • Why? To break British Moral • Germans lose 2300 planes vs. British 600 • British citizens are bombed day and then night Hitler could not defeat the British ...
World War 2 - Issaquah Connect
... Harbor and several other points throughout the Pacific, destroying much of the US navy. The turning point in the Pacific War was the battle of Midway in June 1942. From then on, the Allied forces slowly won back the territories occupied by Japan including Saipan. In 1944, intensive air raids started ...
... Harbor and several other points throughout the Pacific, destroying much of the US navy. The turning point in the Pacific War was the battle of Midway in June 1942. From then on, the Allied forces slowly won back the territories occupied by Japan including Saipan. In 1944, intensive air raids started ...
Écouché in the Second World War
World War II for Écouché culminated with several days of street fighting by Free French forces under General Philippe Leclerc. This engagement was part of the encirclement of the remaining German army in the final engagement of the Battle of Normandy. This final carnage of the German army was later called the Falaise Pocket, the Argentan-Falaise Pocket or Couloir de la Mort (Hall of Death) as the local French named it. During World War II Ecouché’s buildings and homes suffered 15% heavy damage from aerial bombing and street fighting during the liberation. Most of the destruction followed the heavy bombing of the targeted railroad tracks, although the targets were never hit during two attempts