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AGE 9. The Time of World Wars
9.3.3 The end of World War 2
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people in this lesson
Roosevelt
president
USA
Hitler
Führer
Germany
Eisenhower
general
USA
Stalin
Leader
USSR
Truman
president
USA
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Allies
Axis Powers
Make sure you know who fought against who from 1942 onwards
“This Berlin-Rome alliance is not a barrier, it is rather an axis around which all European States animated by a desire for peace may collaborate"<div>Mussolini, 1936</div>
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Feb. 1943:
Lesson 9.3.3: The end of WW2
Eastern Front: the Germans are in full retreat.
German loss of Stalingrad
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Berlin
Stalingrad
Moscow
The Red Army pushes into Europe, towards Germany
1944:
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But Stalin has not been happy with his Western Allies
He demands that they open a "Second Front" soon.
We are
doing all the fighting.
We suffer
the most!
Why don't
the US and Britain
attack the Germans from the west?
Give them a two front war?
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Hmm, I don't
trust Stalin.
What's wrong with
Nazis and Communists killing each
other ?
Roosevelt and Churchill agree to a western invasion.
Preparations for Operation "Overlord" begin.
We must
help Stalin.
He's our
ally now!
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main points:
US and UK would invade Western Europe in 1944: Operation Overlord (D-Day)
After the defeat of Hitler, Stalin would declare war on Japan.
The S.U. would annex the Baltic States
Tehran Conference 1943
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meanwhile:
The Germans were building defenses along the entire Atlantic Coast
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They called it: the Atlantic Wall
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In charge of the Atlantic Wall was general Erwin Rommel
Lesson duration is: 15 min
