History 2147A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Sportpalast Speech, Atlantic Ocean, Wilhelm Kube
1 Dec 2015
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Phase of holocaust that takes place in concentration camps. Late 1942-early 1943, long string of german military defeats: destruction of 6th army at stalingrad (february 1943) Last time german forces take strategic offensive in campaign in soviet union. Defeat in atlantic campaign (mid 1943), germans had upper hand through employment of submarines which they used to attack commercial shipping, bringing more material from north. July/ september 1943: allied landings in sicily and italy, jews were protected under italian government until it separated- wind up under german occupation. Army has liberated most of pre 1939 soviet territory, moves into. Soviet counter offensives (reached warsaw august 1944), red. Allied landings in france, battle of normandy, leads to end of war. Impact of mass shootings on perpetrators, carried out by 4. Einzasgrupen (shooting squads) in soviet union: 1 million soviet jews had been killed.
