WAR IN EUROPE!

Page 1; Causes and reasons.

Page 2; Note-worthy battles.

Page 3; Beyond the war in Europe.

Cause and Reason

Hitler's quick dominance of Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, and France spread fear among neighboring countries.

Britain's Royal Air Force was attacked by Hitlers Luftwaffe (air force). Hitler assumed he could easily conquer Britain through a number of bombings, but the British Air Force triumphed over the Nazi power.

Hitler broke his peace pact with Stalin and invaded Russia, all for the cause of his master plane of Europe being Aryan.

The Holocaust, the annihilation of the Jewish race, was set into effect.

Battles Of Europe

On December 7th 1941 Japan attacked the United States Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, because America refused to sell oil to Japan while fighting for Germany. This battle resulted in American entrance into WWII.

On June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. ”More than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion, and by day’s end on June 6, the Allies gained a foot- hold in Normandy. The D-Day cost was high -more than 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wounded.

The Battle of the Bulge, fought over the winter months of 1944 – 1945, was the last major Nazi offensive against the Allies in World War Two. The battle was a last ditch attempt by Hitler to split the Allies in two in their drive towards Germany and destroy their ability to supply themselves. The Battle of the Bulge started on December 16th 1944. Hitler had convinced himself that the alliance between Britain, France and America in the western sector of Europe was not strong and that a major attack and defeat would break up the alliance. Therefore, he ordered a massive attack against what were primarily American forces. The attack is strictly known as the Ardennes Offensive but because the initial attack by the Germans created a bulge in the Allied front line, it has become more commonly known as the Battle of the Bulge.

The Beyond War

After the war in Europe Germany was forced to pay for all damages it had caused during battle. Germany also had to admit that they were the cause of WWII and account for the loss of civilian life.

Also the United Nations was created in order to prevent such devastation from occurring again.