Students will: 1. Describe the main battles of the North African and European Front and the battle...

Students will:1.Describe the main battles of the North African and European Front and the battle’s contexts.2.Analyze the battles and determine why the Allies won the war against Germany..

GOAL: Germany wanted to destroy British Royal Air Force and then invade Britain

How:“Blitz” attack on London; radar defense Outcome: Allied win Impact: Germany never

invaded Britain; Hitler’s first failure; Allies bomb German cities

Elephant and Castle Tube Station during the Blitz

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GOAL: control supply route to BritainU-boats sink 360 U.S. ships

How: Britain used sonar and convoys; Germany used U-Boat “wolf packs”

Outcome: Allied win Impact: Great Britain still got supplies from U.S.

Create an illustration to represent the battle of the Atlantic.

Be able to explain it.

GOAL: Italy wanted to take over British- controlled North Africa

How: British and American forces trap Rommel’s Afrikan Korps Outcome: Allied win Impact: Afrika Korps surrender; Allies attack Italy from N. Africa

Goal: take Axis Italy out of the war How: Invade island of

Sicily; use island to invade

Italy

Introduced The DUKW(used in D-Day and Pacific)

Outcome: Allied win Impact: Mussolini overthrown and Italy surrenders

Which campaign was more significant in your opinion - the War in North Africa or the Italy Campaign?

Be able to explain your choice.

GOAL: German offensive to get transportation routes, steel, and city of Stalingrad

“No retreat allowed.”Soviet leader Stalin

German invasion forces:2,700 planes, 3350 tanks, 3.3 million men in Operation Barbarossa

How: ruthless room-to-room fighting; Soviets surround Germans Outcome: Allied Win Impact: turning point; Germans retreat from East

Casualties – 1 million Soviets 250,000 German soldiers 91,000 Germans surrender

Describe the battle of Stalingrad in ONE word.

Be able to support your decision.

GOAL: liberate France from Germany How: largest sea and land invasion ever

Invasion Force• 700 ships•110, 000 Allied soldiers• 23,000 paratroopers

U.S. Casualties• Utah 200 and 3 hours• Omaha 2,500

Outcome: Allied win Impact: took beaches and began to retake France; Germany has to fight on 2 fronts

GOAL: Germans attack in Belgium to stop Allies from reaching Germany How: created “bulge” in Allied lines; reinforcements stalled offensive

Outcome: Allied win Impact: Germany on defense only; German defeat coming

U.S. 77,000 deaths

Why were the Allies able to win the war against Germany? Explain.