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Section 3
 * Global War-The Second World War, 1939-45**

Awesomeness

Found Awesomeness This is a real image of the Battle of the Coral Sea. This captures a scene in which the Japanese ship was sunk. This example of destruction shows the violence of World War II.

media type="custom" key="8597098" This is Prezi I found on World War 2. It contains a variety of information that is relavant to the information in the Global Wars book. General but important information is covered.

media type="custom" key="8597176" This is a great video of Hitler giving a moving speech, then showing the bombings of German forces. Little speeches are given with such emotion these days, but doesn't mean his intentions are good. The bombings are real primary videos filmed during the war, showing the destruction of bombing.

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Targeted Bombing miss and does little damage, so the British decide to...

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Chapter 8 - 1942: Year of Uncertainty

The War in Europe -the British and German forces bombed each other -they focused their bombings on factories, ports, railways in attempts to cripple war industries and transport -the British forces changed to area bombing because they missed most of the precision bombings -area bombing focused on destroying everything, from people to buildings, tried to make the other side give up -the first target was densely populated, the 'thousand bomber raid' in 1942 -in the Dieppe Raid, Canadian-British force tried to sieze the French port of Dieppe, involved 6,000 men -this failed, none of the strongpoints and 4384 men were killed, wounded or taken and 34 ships, 24 tanks, 106 aircrafts were destroyed -Germans lost 600 men

The War in Africa -Axis forces drove British Eighth Army out of Libya, and to El Alamein -Britain’s Mediterranean base was being attacked by German bomber -British forces re-organized under a new commander with the help of another Allied invasion of French North Africa (Operation Torch) was organized to attack Rommel’s army from behind -General Montgomery organized troops of 230,000 and defeated Rommel -In the Battle of El Alamein, 30,000 men were captured and the rest went to Libya -Operation Torch began shortly after, attacking Rommel's army from behind -it was a failure, the Allied soldiers lacked experience

The War in the Soviet Union -German and Soviet armies planned big attacks on each other -the Soviet army is first to strike, attempting to capture Kharkov, and besieged cities Leningrad and Sevastopol -these attacked were all a failure -250,00 Soviets were captured -there was a huge fight for Stalingrad between Germany and Russia -it was desperately fought for because of its useful communication and valuable area -the Soviets eventually broke through German lines and trapped them

The War in the Far East -Japan attempted to capture Port Moresby, this would pay off as a base for bombing Australia -the Battle of the Coral Sea occurred, Americans sunk and damaged the three Japanese aircrafts -in the Battle of Midway 3,500 Japanese men were killed, 296 aircraft shot down and 4 carriers sunk -this fight destroyed Japanese Naval power -the Battle of Guadalcanal was a long six month long fight, Americans could not force the Japanese off the Pacific islands, but the Japanese were near defeat

Chapter 9 - The Turning Points of 1943 Stalingrad -during this fight, Germany was defeated through surrendering -even though Hitler ordered to fight till the last man was standing, they ignored -this defeat weakened German nation, Hitler was outrageous

Allied victory in North Africa -after three years of war, the Allies take North Africa and the Mediteranean. -General Badoglio comes into power while Mussolini is forced to resign from position -the Allies wanted to control Italy without going to war -the Allies and Badoglio sign to go to declare war on Germany -Germany fights back, making a line of defense called the Gustav Line, stopping the Allies from intruding

Bomber offensive -Britain is still using the same technique of utter destruction, Area Bombing -these bombings caused fire storms -fire storms were causing fires, heat and burning, where trees were caught on fire and killed over 50,000 people -Russia and America joined forces and dropped over 205,000 tonnes of bombs on Germany

Turning point at Kursk -began on 5th July -2 million men with 30,000 guns and 6000 tanks faced each other -the fight lasted a week and went to a point of devastation where Hitler called off the assault -the Germans lost many men and equipment

Chapter 10 - Total War

Displaced people -millions of people were forced to leave their home because of war -many people were killed in slavery, many displaced and without homes -400,000 Germans were sent to Siberia in case they tried to invade

Concentration camps -many forced from their homes had to go to concentration camps, in other words, prison -many went and died in these camps

The 'Final Solution' -many of these concentration camps contains high number of Jews -they were bullied and stripped of their rights -at the time, racism against Jews was big and everyone humiliated Jews -this final solution was to exterminate all Jews, killing all of them to get rid of them

Partisans and Resistance -the Resistance was armed bands formed to resist against invaders -this was a term called by the low countries such as France -they used guerilla warfare, stealthy -railways, roads, telephone lines etcetera were blown up -German forces fought cruelly against the Partisans

Total war in unoccupied lands -in non-war zones, there was still trouble -this was caused by the economic demands for weapons, ships, tanks, aircraft and war materials -there was full employment by 1943

Chapter 11 - Germany in Retreat, 1944

Retreat in Italy -the Gustav line formed by Germany was attacked by the Allies -there was a mountain, Monte Cassino which was the only way through it -they bombed out the rubble but did not manage to drive out the defenders -in the May of 1944, the Allies finally captured Monte Cassino and broke through the Gustav Line -Operation Overlord was a surprise to come for the Germans after this

Second front in France -Operation Overlord was aiming to transport Allied army to France and make a second front in Durope -this took place on 6 June 1944 and was code named D-Day -4000 ships assault force landing craft carry 176,000 soldiers and equipment to Channel -600 ships protected in the air ny 2500 bombers and 7000 fighters -after fierce battles, they broke through coast defenses and went inland -Operation Anvil started another front and drove the Germans out of France

The air war continues -after these losses, Hitler does not admit defeat and fights on -new bombing techniques were developed, using the new V-1 aircraft -this pilotless plane carry tonne of high explosive fired from launching ramps to France and Low countries -Later, London was hit as well, 900 civilian civilians were killed -slowly, the Allies win the skies over Germany in 1944 -they bombed Germany's oil industry

The War in the Soviet Union -Germany retreat from the USSR in 1944 -the 890 day siege ends and killed almost a million people from the biggest causes, starvation, bombing and artillery fire -the Germans were overwhelmed by the USSR and 200,000 were taken prisoner -Soviet forces continue to advance into the Balkans and facing defeat, Bulgaria and Romania join the Allies

Summary: Once again, the world is at war, now that weapons are more modernized and destructive, there are more lives at stake. The technology of bombing costs millions of lives throughout the war. This war is started by Germany and catches like a fire, country after country joining in the war, killing. The main involved counties are Germany, USA, USSR, Britain and Japan.

Questions: Why did Britain want area bombing, targeting innocent people's lives? How did Mussolini get forced to resign? Why would Hitler order his troops to fight to the last man in a clearly lost battle? What tactics were used against the Japanese that caused them such destruction? How did the USSR win their first major battle against Germany?

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