World History
WWII In Europe – VE Day
Name_________________________________________ Date ______ Period____
Directions: as you listen to the lecture and read the power point slides, answer complete the following.
1941
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By the end of 1941 nearly all of____________ was in Axis control, Russia and G.B. still around.
The next four years Hitler will try to exterminate J_______. 6 Million die. This became known as
the __________.
Operation Barbarossa
• Axis Invasion of Russia. Hitler focuses on Russia, stops bombing G.B. Gives Allies breath.
• Hitler wanted Russian lands ______________________________________.
• Hitler also wanted the ___________________ in Southern Russia like oil, wheat, industries.
• Germany invades Russia and ______________ rips up the Russians.
• Stalin was in denial, after a day he sends ___________ finally to fight Germans.
German Army
• European Theater – takes place in __________and Northern ____________.
• Pacific Theater – will be in_______ + ____________.
• German Navy will be __________ Theaters. U-Boats.
• Army in Europe – Revolutionary for the time period. Highly trained and ready.
• Blitzkrieg - Dive Bomb, Tanks, Infantry. Lightning warfare.
Axis Advance
• Free France was the __________Underground and _________ who evacuated to Great Britain.
• __________ France was Southern France that was loyal to Germany.
• Lands in Asia owned by Netherlands, France and G.B. were taken by ___________.
• _________ of _________ – Nazi Bomb Great Britain back to the Stone Age. Only lasts a year,
G.B. would have surrendered if Hitler kept on it.
Italy
• Italy did fight in North _________ but invades Balkans. Italy did poorly in both areas
Nazi Help
• Hitler had to send troops and resources to bail out Italians in the Balkans and North Africa.
• North Africa Hitler sends _____________l.
• Nicknamed The ___________ ____.
• He led a few Germans and Many Italians to __________ in North Africa.
• Could have beat all the Allies in North Africa but Hitler ignored the situation.
North Africa
• In ___________ the U.S. troops attacked the Axis powers in No. Africa
• The Axis powers there, mostly Italians were easily defeated due __________ of _____ and
supplies
• __________ then led the troops into Sicily and then Italy
• ____________ was ousted from power
• Sept. 3 the Italians requested an ______________
• The next month they _______________ sides
Stalingrad
• The Germans moved swiftly forward and had one last major task - ________________________.
• More than 1,000 tons of bombs were dropped on the Stalingrad
• Stalingrad is very industrial –_____ fields
• Stalin initially forbade any evacuation from the city, even of children
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The average life-expectancy of a Soviet private soldier during the battle of Stalingrad was just
_________.
• By the end of the siege, one_________ Soviet soldiers had died trying to hold Stalingrad
• Stalingrad was very significant because it marked the beginning of the end to German victories.
It is the turning point.
The Soviets Invade Germany
• In the spring of 1944, the Soviets’ invaded Germany
• Soviet troops pursued the retreating German army.
• The _____________t troops eliminated three times more German army divisions than the Allies
did in Normandy.
• In April 1945 the Soviets will successfully _________ Germany
• Stalingrad will marked the beginning of the end to __________ victories for the war on the
_____________ Front
There were approximately 1.2 ________ Soviet casualties
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D-Day & the Western European Assault
 Operation Overlord (Dooms Day, D-Day), June 6, 1944. _________________________________
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 Largest invasion of Allied troops
 150,000 men. Led by Gen. Dwight D Eisenhower landed on a 50 mile wide stretch of beach in
Upper Normandy
 Stormed the beaches of Normandy, The Allied Forces took ___________ from _________
Battle of the Bulge
• Germany’s ________ ____________ to stay alive.
• German Panzer divisions bust through Allies weakest area and push into France.
• Panzers go so far so fast, their supply lines can’t catch up.
• Run out of gas and are surrounded.
• _____________ is attacked by _________ on the ________and the rest of the _________ on the
____________.
Nazi Last Days
• ___________ Finally falls.
• Nazi troops run to Allies who are not ________________, Russians would kill them.
• ____________ kills _____________before Soviets find his bunker.
• European Theater is done. – May 7th 1945
• This is known as _______________.
Yalta
• President Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met in Yalta to decide Germany’s fate
• Germany was to be divided into ____________ zones; each controlled by a different ________
power