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Leader #1 Adolf Hitler
He was the head leader. He came to power after the Great War when he gained electoral victories due to his hostile speeches about the Jews. -
#1 Battle of Atlantic
This battle was the longest continuous military campaign in WWII. It was to defeat the Nazi Germany.There were at least 30,000 German sailors killed. The Battle of Atlantic ended up having the Germans surrender. The battle was the struggle between the Allied and German forces for the control over the Atlantic Ocean. -
Germany's side
Germany and Soviet Union made an agreement to invade Poland about a month before WWII. Germany would control the western side and Soviet Union would control the eastern side of Poland. -
Winning or Losing side?
Germany was on the losing side rather than the winning side. They lost WWII because the got defeated by stronger armies and by Hitler committing suicide. Their soldiers were losing ground everyday. Germany throughout WWII wasn't prepared for the resistance and intelligence the other armies had. -
Help from Homefront- Women
Women took over the mens jobs. They worked in fields where crops were produced. They also worked in factories where they produce ammunition, weapons and other goods were needed for the war. They worked long and hard hours. They still got paid less than the men even tho they were doing the same job. But they still worked hard and very long hours. -
Help from Homefront- Rationing
During WWII, women and children were given ratio books for food and they had to register with a grocery store. The grocery stores only supplied people with food if they were listed. There were shortages of food, most was given to the soldiers during war. There were also a shortage in raw materials that were used to make weapons, and aircraft parts. -
How Germany joined WWII
Adolf Hitler started WWII. He had it all planned out to invade Poland in which he did. -
When Germany joined war
After Germany declared war on France and Britain, France and Britain responded back on September 3rd. -
Involvement in Holocaust
They supported Adolf Hitler. Hitler used forced labor, and murdered Jews and others targeted by the Nazis. Germany's military helped fulfill the Nazi's racial, political and can't forget, territorial ambitions. -
Involvement in Holocaust
Hitler and his followers which were called Naiz's, they put the Jews in concentration camps. These Jews were persecuted because hitler thought they were an alien threat to the German racial purity and their society. Hitler believed this was the final solution. There were approximately 6 million Jews and 5 million others who were targets for racial and political behavior reasons who died in the Holocaust. -
#2 Battle of Frankfurt
Deaths are unknown. This battle only lasted four days and it was a four-day struggle for the control of the German city of Frankfurt. The city was defended by the LXXX Corps of the Seventh Army. -
#3 Battle of Berlin
During this battle, 92,000 German soldiers died and about 22,000 German civilians were dead. This battle killed not only soldiers but civilians. The German army ended up surrendering. This is where the German capital is captured and when Hitler commits suicide. This battle was the last major battle in Europe during WWII. -
#4 Battle of Hamburg
The Battle of Hamburg resulted in it being the "most fatal attack of the war on a German city". 35,000 people lost their lives. Resulted in a loss for Germany. During the battle, the British had captured the city. -
Political after war
Because of the war, German ended up losing not only the war but about 8.26-8.86% of their population. The Potsdam agreement for Germany after the war was put in place to divide them into four zones under the control of the U.S., Britain, France, and former Soviet Union.
