WW2

1. EASTERN
FRONT
1941-1945

2. NAZI GERMANY
Adolf Hitler
Number of Infantry: 18.000.000
Number of Tanks: 49.777
Number of Planes: 119.871
(1936-1945)
In office
1934-1945
Life
1889-1945

3. GERMAN INFANTRY
WEAPONS
K98k
MP40
Panzerschreck
Gewehr 43
Stg 44
Panzerfaust
FG 42
MG 42

4. GERMAN TANKS
Elefant
Stug III
Panzer III
Jagdpanzer IV
Panzer V Panther

5. SOVIET UNION
Joseph Stalin
Number of Infantry: 34.401.801
Number of Tanks: 131.689
Number of Planes: 158.218
(1922-1991)
Life
1878-1953
In office
1922-1953

6. SOVIET INFANTRY
WEAPONS Ppsh 41
Mosin Nagant
DP 28
SVT 40 Maxim Machine Gun
PTRD 41
Pps 43

7. SOVIET TANKS
ISU-152
T-34/76
IS-2T-70
KV-1

8. MOLOTOV–
RIBBENTROP PACT
August 23. 1939
No Attack
Signed in Moscow on the
08.23.1939

9. INVASION OF POLAND!
September 1. 1939
60 divisions
9.000 artillery guns
2.750 tanks
2.315 planes
1.500.000 Germans
39 divisions
4.300 artillery guns
880 tanks
400 planes
950.000 Polish

10. OPERATION
BARBAROSSA!
Germany attacks Soviet Union on June 22. 1941
June 22.1941
Attack

11. WEHRMACHT
ATTACKS!
Wehrmacht
188 Divisions
3.300 Tanks
2.700 Aircrafts
7.000 Artillery
600.000 Vehicles
650.000 Horses
100.000 Wagons
(3,3 Million Men)
Army Group North
Leningrad
Army Group Center
Moscow
Army Group South
Stalingrad
Three Army Groups:

12. SOVIET REACTION!
Late mobilization results in heavy casualties
on the Soviet side
Stalin decreed executive order no. 227
The Soviets managed to relocate their industrial
heartland to Eastern Russia
Stalin had ample evidence of a German Invasion

13. BATTLE OF MOSCOW
OCT. 1941 – JAN. 1942
Dec. 1941, Soviet began counter offensives
Over 250 Divisions on the Front
German forces reach Moscow by October 1941
German forces pushed back by Soviet resistance

14. BATTLE OF MOSCOW
STATISTICS
German Army Soviet Army
1.929.406 men
14.000 artillery guns
549 planes
1.000 tanks
Losses: 174.000-400.000
1.250.000-1.400.000 men
7.600 artillery guns
3.232 tanks
936 planes
Losses: 650.000- 1.280.000

15. BATTLE OF STALINGRAD
AUG 21. 1942 – FEB 2.
1943
90% of Stalingrad’s surface destroyed
Rattenkrieg (Rat War) Urban Warfare fought within
the city of Stalingrad
The German war machine bogged down in the city
Soviets deployed the double encirclement strategy
and destroyed the German army
German supply line was eventualy cut off

16. BATTLE OF STALINGRAD
STATISTICS
German Army Soviet Army
1.011.500 men
10.290 artillery guns
675 tanks
1.216 planes
1.143.500 men
13.541 artillery guns
894 tanks
1.115 planes
Losses 1.230.000Losses: 850.000

17. BATTLE OF KURSK
JULY 3 – AUG 23. 1943
Largest Tank Battle to date
Soviet split German army into two and inflicted massive
casualties
Soviet victory even tough the Russians suffered more
casualties

18. BATTLE OF KURSK
STATISTICS
German Army Soviet Army
940.000 men
3.253 tanks
9.467 artillery guns
2.110 planes
Losses: 198.000 men, 760 tanks and
681 planes
2.500.000 men
7.360 tanks
47.416 artillery guns
2.792 planes
Losses: 254.470 men, 6.064 tanks and
1.626 planes

19. BATTLE OF BERLIN
16 APRIL – 2 MAY 1945
One of the most intense battles in history
Hand to hand combat broke out on the streets
Soviet tanks roamed the streets, destroying
any building from which they were fired upon
City soon fell to ruin
Germany surrendered on May 7.

20. BATTLE OF BERLIN
STATISTICS
2.500.000 men
6.250 tanks
7.500 planes
41.600 artillery guns
Soviet ArmyGerman Army
766.750 men
9.303 artillery guns
1.509 AFV’s
2.224 planes
Losses: 100.000 men Losses: 81.116 men, 1.997 tanks,
2.108 artillery guns and 917 planes

21. END OF WW2!
Over 60 million deaths
Soviet Population: 188.800.000
Soviet Soldiers: 11 Million
Soviet Civilians: 17 Million
Total: 27 Million
German Population: 69.300.000
German Soldiers: 5.319.000
German Civilians: 3 Million
Total: 7.400.000

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