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•EFFECTS OF U-BOAT WARFARE
•CONVOYS OF MERCHANT SHIPS
•STATISTICS OF LOSSES AND SHIP CONSTRUCTION
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Chart of Allied merchant ships sunk by German submarines (uboats) from 1939-1945
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Defense spending increased as the U.S. realizes it must
prepare for eventual war against the aggressors.
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THE ROBIN MOOR WAS CLEARLY MARKED AS A
MERCHANT VESSEL FROM THE USA
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Convoys increased the merchant ships chances of surviving
the ocean voyage
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AREA OF GREATEST DANGER FOR ALLIED MERCHANT
SHIPS
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CONVOY ROUTES AND ANTI-SUBMARINE AIR PATROLS
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•OPERATION BARBAROSSA
•SOVIET WINTER 1941-1942 COUNTERATTACK
•GERMAN SUMMER 1942 OFFENSIVE
•BATTLE OF STALINGRAD
•BATTLE OF KURSK
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Newsreel on Germany’s attack on the USSR: there are a few
problems with the audio and video.
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The world is shocked when Germany and the USSR sign a Non-Aggression Pact, promising not
to attack each other
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HITLER WANTED TO AVOID A TWO FRONT WAR
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THE GERMAN ARMY, WERMACHT, INVADED THE SOVIET UNION WITH 3,400,000
SOLDIERS AND OVER 3000 TANKS.
THE SOVIET UNION HAD AN ARMY OF OVER 4,700,000 WITH MILLIONS MORE IN
RESERVE. THE USSR HAD 20,000 TANKS BUT MANY WERE OBSELETE AND NO MATCH FOR
THE GERMAN PANZERS (TANKS).
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GERMANY
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Although the USSR had more of everything, most of their equipment was out of date
and could not stand up to modern German weapons; however, the new KV1 and T34
Russian tanks in Modern USSR were superior to German tanks.
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TANKS
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ARTILLERY
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T34 RUSSIAN MEDIUM TANK
SUPERIOR TO ANY
GERMAN TANK AT THE
TIME, 1941
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OPERATION BARBAROSSA
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A GERMAN ANTI-TANK GUN
CREW EASILY DESTROYS
OUTMODED RUSSIAN
TANKS.
GERMAN COMBAT ENGINEERS
REPAIR A BRIDGE DESTROYED
BY THE RETREATING RUSSIANS
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GERMANS ADVANCE ACROSS USSR
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BATTLE OF MOSCOW
Moscow
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THE GERMANS WERE PUSHED BACK BUT
THEY REGROUPED AND WERE READY TO
ATTACK THE NEXT SPRING AFTER BEATING
BACK SOVIET COUNTERATTACKS.
RUSSIAN POSTER ENCOURAGING
TROOPS TO DEFEND MOSCOW
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RUSSIAN MIXED TANK AND SKI INFANTRY TEAM ADVANCE ON GERMAN POSITIONS.
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SOLDIERS KILLED, WOUNDED, CAPTURED OR MISSING FROM JUNE 1941 TO JAN 31,
1942. USSR NUMBERS INCLUDE 3.35 MILLION SOLDIERS CAPTURED
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German 1942 offensives in the Soviet Union
STALINGRAD
CAUCASUS
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PHOTOS FROM
THE BATTLE OF
STALINGRAD
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RUSSIAN ASSAULT TEAM
ARMED WITH FLAME
THROWERS AND SUBMACHINE GUNS PREPARES
TO ATTACK
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STALINGRAD: A CITY IN RUINS
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THE RUSSIANS SPRING A
TRAP !
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While the Germans were engaged in vicious fighting inside Stalingrad the Russians prepared a
counterattack named Operation Uranus, succeeded in surrounding the German 6th army. Arrow one
shows the ultimate goal of the Russian attack: to cut off the German armies fighting in the Caucasus
mountains.
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ARTILLERY GUNS
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STATISTICS AT THE
START OF OPERATION
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HITLER’S TROOPS ARE STOPPED
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THE GERMANS RETREATED HUNDREDS OF MILES BEFORE THEY HALTED,
COUNTERATTACKED AND STOPPED THE SOVIET WINTER 42-43 OFFENSIVE
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GERMANS RETREATED FROM STALINGRAD
STALINGRAD
GERMAN
ARMIES
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The end at Stalingrad: German
prisoners, only 5,000 of the 250,000
captured returned after the war
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IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER
OF 1943, HITLER DECIDED ON
ANOTHER OFFENSIVE ON THE
EASTERN FRONT. THIS
WOULD LEAD TO THE
GREATEST TANK BATTLE IN
HISTORY, THE BATTLE OF
KURSK.
MAP SHOWS THE SITUATION
AFTER THE END OF THE SOVIET
1942 WINTER OFFENSIVE
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MAP OF THE KURSK
BULGE. THE
GERMAN GOAL
WAS TO SURROUND
AND DESTROY ALL
THE RUSSIAN
ARMIES AND
RESERVES
DEFENDING THE
AREA INSIDE THE
BULGE.
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ARMOR STRENGTH AT THE START OF THE KURSK CAMPAIGN
OPERATION CITADEL
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HEAVY TIGER TANK
FERDINAND, HEAVY ASSAULT GUN
PANTHER TANK, OFTEN CALLED THE
BEST TANK OF WW II
THE GERMANS USED
NEW ARMORED
VEHICLES FOR THEIR
KURSK OFFENSIVE
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GERMAN TIGER TANKS BURNING AT KURSK
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THE GERMANS SUFFERED HEAVY LOSSES AT THE HANDS OF THE SOVIETS AND THEY
COULD NOT RECOVER
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Film from USSR sources showing Soviet troops fighting
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•JAPANESE SNEAK ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR
•JAPAN’S CONQUESTS IN ASIA
•BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA
•BATTLE OF MIDWAY, TURNING POINT IN THE PACIFIC THEATER
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