Download Grade 10 History WWII Battles

Grade 10 History - WWII
Major Battles of World War II - Summary
Surrender of France, June 1940
 French forces collapse, surrender to Germany; Hitler controls mainland Europe
Battle of Britain
 Nazis ask Britain to surrender and join them; Britain refuses
 Hitler wants to beat British Navy; control ports turn against Soviet Union
 Send Luftwaffe against RAF
 Bomb planes on ground and industrial area
 Britain had RADAR stations to detect Germans and get planes
 Hitler plans to bomb into submission; Britain refuses to surrender – Hitler has to give up
Germany attacks USSR, June 1941
 Germany broke Nazi-Soviet Pact
 Lebensraum: Hitler wanted living space that belonged to Russia
 Russia was too large; Nazi offense stopped
Japan attacks Pearl Harbour, December 1941
 Without notice of war, Japan bombs Pearl Harbour, USA
 Purpose - destroy navy fleet in Pacific (damaged, not destroyed)
 America joins allies; December 8, 1941 and Canada declares war on Japan
Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1945
 Protection of sea lanes to ensure troops, supplies, equipment available to allies
 If supplies cut off to allies, outcome of war could be different
Battle of Hong Kong
 Operation Hana Suka- Flowers in Bloom; station in Hong Kong
 Allies lose military base to support war efforts in Pacific
 Defend from Japan attack
Battle of Dieppe, August 19, 1942
 Allies land on beaches of France to try make attack against Germany
 Lesson for allies -- failure taught them for D-Day success
Battle of Oratona
 Germans blocked Canadians so they can’t reach Rome
 Germans had high ground and blew up bridges leading to city
 New type- urban warfare (house to house)
 Italy surrenders to the allies
 September 1943 allies in Italy; Mussolini was killed, Italy surrendered
 Successful for Canada; Rome fell to regiment of Edmonton
Battle of Stalingrad, Winter 1942/1943
 Germany vs. Russia; turning point in war- German army retract
 To ensure moral of Russian soldiers, could not let city fail
D-Day, June 6, 1944
 Largest invasion in history; joint attack by Canadian, British, American troops
 Needed land on beaches of France to make invasion in Normandy, Germany
 Allies tricked Germans with dummy ships in Dover; Germans went to Calais
 Canadians attacked on Juno Beach; huge success
 Hitler had to fight war on two fronts- allies in west, Russians in east