World WAR II - 378 Vieira

8/3/2019 World WAR II - 378 Vieira

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/world-war-ii-378-vieira 1/25

WW

II

WORLD WAR II

NUMBERS AND CURIOSITIES

Academia

Militar

English V

2011/2012

Ricardo

Vieira



Events before WWII.

The Commanders.

The Allies and the Axis.

The WWII’s numbers.

Results and some Curiosities

SUMMARY



Invasion of Ethiopia

Spanish Civil War

BEFORE WWII…



Japanese invasion of China

Japanese invasion of the Soviet Union and Mongolia

BEFORE WWII…



Joseph Stalin

“Death is the solution to all

problems. No man, no problem .”

Born: 18 December 1878

Death: 5 March 1953

URSS Leader between 6 May 1941

to 5 March 1953

THE COMMANDERS…



Franklin D. Roosevelt

“ A vote is like a rif le; its

usefulness depends upon

the character of the user .”

Born: 30 January 1882

Death: 12 Apri l 1945

USA Leader between 4 March 1933

to 12 Apri l 1945

THE COMMANDERS…

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/FDR_in_1933.jpg



Winston Churchill

“A prisoner of war is a man who

tries to kill you and fails, and

then asks you not to kill him .”

Born: 30 November 1874

Death: 24 January 1965

UK Leader and Prime Minister between

to 10 May 1940 to 26 July 1945 and

26 October 1951 to 7 Apri l 1955

THE COMMANDERS…



Adolf Hitler

“As a Christian I have no duty

to allow myself to be cheated,

but I have the duty to be afighter for truth and justice .”

Born: 20 Apri l 1889


Führer of Germany between 2 August

1934 to 30 Apri l 1945 and Chancel lor

of Germany between 30 January 1933

to 30 Apri l 1945

THE COMMANDERS…



Hirohito

“ The war was developed not

necessarily to Japan's advantage.”

Born: 29 April 1901

Death: 7 January 1989

Emperor of Japan between 25

December 1926 to 7 January 1989

THE COMMANDERS…



Benito Mussolini

“ Inactivity is death .”

Born: 29 July 1883


Head of Government of I taly and Duce

of Fascism between 24 December 1925

to 25 July 1943

THE COMMANDERS…



Other Commanders:

Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek for Republic of

China

Charles le Gaulle and Albert François Lebrun for

France

Władysław Sikorski for Poland

THE COMMANDERS…



USSR (1941–45)

United States (1941–45)

UK and British Empire

China (at war 1937–45)

THE ALLIES…



France

Poland

Australia

Canada

THE ALLIES…

New Zealand

South Africa

Yuguslavia (1941-45)

Greece (1940-45)



Norway

Netherlands

Belgium

Czechoslovakia

THE ALLIES…



Germany

Italy

Japan

Hungary

THE AXIS…

Bulgaria

Thailand

Romania



Casualties of World War II Germany

United States of America

Japan

THE WWII’S NUMBERS…

NUMBER SERVED KILLED/MISSING WOUNDED PRISIONERS OF WAR PERCENT KILLED

18,200,000 5,533,000 6,035,000 11,100,000 30.4


16,596,639 416,837 683,846 130,000 2.5


8,400,000 2,121,955 94,500 40,000 25.3



THE WWII’S NUMBERS…

Casualties of World War II Italy

USSR

British CommonwealthNUMBER SERVED KILLED/MISSING WOUNDED PRISIONERS OF WAR PERCENT KILLED

11,115,000 580,497 475,000 318,000 5.2


3,430,000 291,376 320,000 1,300,000 8.49


34,476,700 10,725,345 14,915,517 5,750,000 31.1



Allied Victory.

RESULTS…



Lots of cities became into ruins.

Paris

RESULTS…



Lots of cities became into ruins.

Stalingrad

RESULTS…



Great improvement in military and technological elements

and equipment.

RESULTS…



End of the nazi policies.

RESULTS…



Death of some of the best leaders ever.

RESULTS…

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/FDR_in_1933.jpg



Romano it’s your time…

THE END…

World WAR II - 378 Vieira

Documents

Transcript of World WAR II - 378 Vieira