Adolf Hitler
April 20, 1889-April 30, 1945
Adolf wanted to get rid of the unfit people. This was anyone who was not the arian race or German. Concentration camps were created to put then kill off these unfit people.
Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945

Joseph Stalin
December 21, 1879-March 05, 1953
Joseph Stalin organized the Soviet armed response to the Nazi invasion of the USSR. Stalin’s army pushed the Nazis back over 1000 miles from the Volga to Berlin.
Joseph Stalin

Benito Mussolini
July 29, 1883- April 28, 1945
Benito Mussolini
National facist party
Anti communist
Nationalist and anti-democratic

Airplanes
Airplanes

Tanks
Tanks

Flame throwers
Flame throwers

Battle of Normandy D-day
6 June 1944
Fought by the allied forces against Germany. The plan was for the Allies to capture Caen.
Battle of Normandy
This was the largest invasion by sea in history.
Allies had codenames for various operations involved in invasion.
The Allies developed new technology for Overlord.

Battle of Stalingrad
Winter of 1942-1943
This was the turning point for the Soviet Union. Germans were starving and were forced to surrender.
Battle of Stalingrad
A complete army group was lost at Stalingrad.
91,000 Germans were taken prisoner.
Germany wanted the oil fields in Stalingrad

Battle of the Bulge
December 16, 1944- January 25, 1945.
This was a battle between Germany and America. This was the largest battle fought by America during World War II.
Battle of the Bulge
Fought over the Winter.
The attack is known as Ardennes Offensive.
The Americans lost 81,000 men while the Germans lost 100,000 killed, wounded and captured.

Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941
The Japanese attacked an American naval base unexpectedly. Japanese attacked early Sunday