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battle of France
The Germans were fast moving.
This was the first time that the french have seen a fast moving army.
French and British soldiers retreated to great Britain.
The Germans gained control of Paris.
The battle lasted 6 weeks. -
Battle of Britain
Germany and Britain were fighting mostly in the sky.
Germany failed to gain air superiority.
If Britain lost they would of been invaded by the ground and lost their country.
The french signed an armistice to get of WW2.
Britain was all alone in the war. -
Battle of Leningrad
Lasted for 872 days.
Germany and the Finnish was invading the soviet union.
650,000 people died.
starvation and disease spread across the soviet union.
the soviet union drove the german soldiers to the west -
Battle of Stalingrad
stopped Germany from taking over the soviet union.
nearly 2 million people died.
Germany invaded to try to stop a two front war happening.
July 17, 1942-Feb. 2, 1943).
the loss was humiliating towards Hitler. -
Operation torch
Britain didn't want to attack Germany from France.
They planned on moving to Germany from northern Africa.
The allies didnt want to fight the french .
The french somewhat resisted when they showed up in Morocco.
The allies eventually took over. -
D day
156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches in France.
The allies had a major campaign to mislead Germany from what was going to happen.
They lead Germany to believe that Norway and other parts were also targets.
It was delayed for a day due to bad weather -
Battle of the bulge
took place in the Ardennes Mountains.
Germany surprised the allies with a blitzkrieg.
the Allied line took on the appearance of a large bulge.
The germans had a shortage of fuel
Had over 100,000 casualties -
Battle of berlin
It marked the end of WW2 in Europe.
The red army outnumbered Germany's.
Germany put young and old people to fight.
More than 2 million artillery shells were fired into Berlin.
Russia took control of Berlin
