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The Onset of WWII: Germany’s Blitzkrieg and the European Theatre (1939-1945)

Discover the harrowing beginnings of World War II as German forces invade Poland on September 1, 1939, launching a devastating blitzkrieg campaign across Europe. From the Phoney War and the fall of France to Dunkirk's evacuation, experience the pivotal events and key figures that defined the conflict. Witness the bravery of leaders like Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle, as well as the tragic horrors of the Holocaust. Delve into major battles such as Stalingrad and D-Day, exploring the struggle between the Axis and Allied powers until the war's conclusion in 1945.

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The Onset of WWII: Germany’s Blitzkrieg and the European Theatre (1939-1945)

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  1. World War II

  2. The War Begins!

  3. Poland Attacked: Sept. 1, 1939 Blitzkrieg [“Lightening War”]

  4. German Troops March into Warsaw

  5. The European & North African Theatres

  6. European Theatre of Operations

  7. The “Phoney War” Ends:Spring, 1940

  8. Dunkirk EvacuatedJune 4, 1940

  9. France SurrendersJune, 1940

  10. A Divided France Henri Petain

  11. The French Resistance The Free French General Charles DeGaulle The Maquis

  12. Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis:The Tripartite PactSeptember, 1940

  13. Now Britain Is All Alone!

  14. Lend-Lease

  15. Battle of Britain:The “Blitz”

  16. Battle of Britain:The “Blitz”

  17. The London Tube:Air Raid Shelters during the Blitz

  18. The Royal Air Force

  19. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill

  20. The Atlantic Charter • Roosevelt and Churchill sign treaty of friendship in August 1941. • Solidifies alliance. • Fashioned after Wilson’s 14 Points. • Calls for League of Nations type organization.

  21. Operation Barbarossa:Hitler’s Biggest Mistake

  22. Operation Barbarossa: June 22, 1941 3,000,000 German soldiers. 3,400 tanks.

  23. The “Big Three” Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin

  24. Axis Powers in 1942

  25. Battle of Stalingrad:Winter of 1942-1943

  26. The North Africa Campaign: The Battle of El Alamein, 1942 Gen. Ernst Rommel,The “Desert Fox” Gen. Bernard LawMontgomery(“Monty”)

  27. The Italian Campaign [“Operation Torch”]:Europe’s “Soft Underbelly” • Allies plan assault on weakest Axis area - North Africa - Nov. 1942-May 1943 • George S. Patton leads American troops • Germans trapped in Tunisia - surrender over 275,000 troops.

  28. The Battle for Sicily:June, 1943 General George S. Patton

  29. George C. Scott Playing General Patton in the 1968 Movie, “Patton”

  30. The Battle of Monte Casino:February, 1944

  31. The Allies Liberate Rome:June 5, 1944

  32. Gen. Eisenhower Gives the Orders for D-Day [“Operation Overlord”]

  33. D-Day (June 6, 1944)

  34. Normandy Landing (June 6, 1944) German Prisoners Higgins Landing Crafts

  35. July 20, 1944 Assassination Plot Major Claus vonStauffenberg

  36.      E-mail this to a friend July 20, 1944 Assassination Plot 1. Adolf Hitler 2. Field Marshall Wilhelm Keitel 3. Gen Alfred von Jodl 4. Gen Walter Warlimont 5. Franz von Sonnleithner 6. Maj Herbert Buchs 7. Stenographer Heinz Buchholz 8. Lt Gen Hermann Fegelein 9. Col Nikolaus von Below10. Rear Adm Hans-Erich Voss11. Otto Gunsche, Hitler's adjutant12. Gen Walter Scherff (injured)13. Gen Ernst John von Freyend14. Capt Heinz Assman (injured)

  37. The Liberation of Paris:August 25, 1944 De Gaulle in Triumph!

  38. U. S. Troops in Paris, 1944

  39. French Female Collaborators

  40. The Battle of the Bulge:Hitler’s Last Offensive Dec. 16, 1944toJan. 28, 1945

  41. Yalta: February, 1945 • FDR wants quick Soviet entry into Pacific war. • FDR & Churchill concede Stalin needs buffer, FDR & Stalin want spheres of influence and a weak Germany. • Churchill wants strong Germany as bufferagainst Stalin. • FDR argues for a ‘United Nations’.

  42. Mussolini & His Mistress,Claretta Petacci Are Hung in Milan, 1945

  43. US & Russian Soldiers Meet at the Elbe River: April 25, 1945

  44. Horrors of the Holocaust Exposed

  45. Horrors of the Holocaust Exposed Entrance to Auschwitz Crematoria at Majdanek

  46. Horrors of the Holocaust Exposed Slave Labor at Buchenwald

  47. Horrors of the Holocaust Exposed Mass Graves at Bergen-Belsen

  48. Hitler’s “Secret Weapons”:Too Little, Too Late! V-1 Rocket:“Buzz Bomb” V-2 Rocket Werner von Braun

  49. Hitler Commits Suicide April 30, 1945 Cyanide & Pistols The Führer’s Bunker Mr. & Mrs. Hitler

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