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•EFFECTS OF U-BOAT WARFAREEFFECTS OF U-BOAT WARFARE

•CONVOYS OF MERCHANT SHIPSCONVOYS OF MERCHANT SHIPS

•STATISTICS OF LOSSES AND SHIP CONSTRUCTIONSTATISTICS OF LOSSES AND SHIP CONSTRUCTION

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Chart of Allied merchant ships sunk by German submarines (u-Chart of Allied merchant ships sunk by German submarines (u-boats) from 1939-1945boats) from 1939-1945

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THE ROBIN MOOR WAS CLEARLY MARKED AS A MERCHANT VESSEL FROM THE USA

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Convoys increased the merchant ships chances of surviving the ocean voyage

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AREA OF GREATEST DANGER FOR ALLIED MERCHANT AREA OF GREATEST DANGER FOR ALLIED MERCHANT SHIPSSHIPS

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CONVOY ROUTES AND ANTI-SUBMARINE AIR PATROLSCONVOY ROUTES AND ANTI-SUBMARINE AIR PATROLS

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•OPERATION BARBAROSSAOPERATION BARBAROSSA

•SOVIET WINTER 1941-1942 COUNTERATTACKSOVIET WINTER 1941-1942 COUNTERATTACK

•GERMAN SUMMER 1942 OFFENSIVEGERMAN SUMMER 1942 OFFENSIVE

•BATTLE OF STALINGRADBATTLE OF STALINGRAD

•BATTLE OF KURSKBATTLE OF KURSK

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Newsreel on Germany’s attack on the USSR: there are a few Newsreel on Germany’s attack on the USSR: there are a few problems with the audio and video.problems with the audio and video.

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The world is shocked when Germany and the USSR sign a Non-Aggression Pact, promising not to attack each other

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HITLER WANTED TO AVOID A TWO FRONT WAR

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THE SOVIET UNION HAD AN ARMY OF OVER 4,700,000 WITH MILLIONS MORE IN RESERVE. THE USSR HAD 20,000 TANKS BUT MANY WERE OBSELETE AND NO MATCH FOR THE GERMAN PANZERS (TANKS).

THE GERMAN ARMY, WERMACHT, INVADED THE SOVIET UNION WITH 3,400,000 SOLDIERS AND OVER 3000 TANKS.

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Although the USSR had more of everything, most of their equipment was out of date and could not stand up to modern German weapons; however, the new KV1 and T34 Russian tanks in Modern USSR were superior to German tanks.

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T34 RUSSIAN MEDIUM TANK

SUPERIOR TO ANY GERMAN TANK AT THE TIME, 1941

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OPERATION BARBAROSSA

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A GERMAN ANTI-TANK GUN A GERMAN ANTI-TANK GUN CREW EASILY DESTROYS CREW EASILY DESTROYS OUTMODED RUSSIAN OUTMODED RUSSIAN TANKS.TANKS.

GERMAN COMBAT ENGINEERS GERMAN COMBAT ENGINEERS REPAIR A BRIDGE DESTROYED REPAIR A BRIDGE DESTROYED BY THE RETREATING RUSSIANSBY THE RETREATING RUSSIANS

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GERMANS ADVANCE ACROSS USSR

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BATTLE OF MOSCOW

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RUSSIAN POSTER ENCOURAGING TROOPS TO DEFEND MOSCOW

THE GERMANS WERE PUSHED BACK BUT THEY REGROUPED AND WERE READY TO ATTACK THE NEXT SPRING AFTER BEATING BACK SOVIET COUNTERATTACKS.

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RUSSIAN MIXED TANK AND SKI INFANTRY TEAM ADVANCE ON GERMAN POSITIONS.

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SOLDIERS KILLED, WOUNDED, CAPTURED OR MISSING FROM JUNE 1941 TO JAN 31, SOLDIERS KILLED, WOUNDED, CAPTURED OR MISSING FROM JUNE 1941 TO JAN 31, 1942. USSR NUMBERS INCLUDE 3.35 MILLION SOLDIERS CAPTURED 1942. USSR NUMBERS INCLUDE 3.35 MILLION SOLDIERS CAPTURED

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German 1942 offensives in the Soviet Union

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PHOTOS FROM THE BATTLE OF STALINGRAD

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RUSSIAN ASSAULT TEAM RUSSIAN ASSAULT TEAM ARMED WITH FLAME ARMED WITH FLAME THROWERS AND SUB-THROWERS AND SUB-MACHINE GUNS PREPARES MACHINE GUNS PREPARES TO ATTACKTO ATTACK

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STALINGRAD: A CITY IN RUINS

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11While the Germans were engaged in vicious fighting inside Stalingrad the Russians prepared a counterattack named Operation Uranus, succeeded in surrounding the German 6th army. Arrow one shows the ultimate goal of the Russian attack: to cut off the German armies fighting in the Caucasus mountains.

THE RUSSIANS SPRING A TRAP !

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PLANES

STATISTICS AT THE START OF OPERATION URANUS

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HITLER’S TROOPS ARE STOPPED

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THE GERMANS RETREATED HUNDREDS OF MILES BEFORE THEY HALTED, COUNTERATTACKED AND STOPPED THE SOVIET WINTER 42-43 OFFENSIVE

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The end at Stalingrad: German The end at Stalingrad: German prisoners, only 5,000 of the 250,000 prisoners, only 5,000 of the 250,000 captured returned after the warcaptured returned after the war

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IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER OF 1943, HITLER DECIDED ON ANOTHER OFFENSIVE ON THE EASTERN FRONT. THIS WOULD LEAD TO THE GREATEST TANK BATTLE IN HISTORY, THE BATTLE OF KURSK.

MAP SHOWS THE SITUATION AFTER THE END OF THE SOVIET 1942 WINTER OFFENSIVE

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MAP OF THE KURSK BULGE. THE GERMAN GOAL WAS TO SURROUND AND DESTROY ALL THE RUSSIAN ARMIES AND RESERVES DEFENDING THE AREA INSIDE THE BULGE.

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ARMOR STRENGTH AT THE START OF THE KURSK CAMPAIGN OPERATION CITADEL

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THE GERMANS USED NEW ARMORED VEHICLES FOR THEIR KURSK OFFENSIVE

HEAVY TIGER TANK PANTHER TANK, OFTEN CALLED THE BEST TANK OF WW II

FERDINAND, HEAVY ASSAULT GUN

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GERMAN TIGER TANKS BURNING AT KURSK

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Film from USSR sources showing Soviet troops fighting

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•JAPANESE SNEAK ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR

•JAPAN’S CONQUESTS IN ASIA

•BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA

•BATTLE OF MIDWAY, TURNING POINT IN THE PACIFIC THEATER