AMERICA TURNS THE

TIDE

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR II

USA Decision- Where do we Go?

USA In Africa

USA in AfricaObjectives Terms

Which Axis power was chosen by the Allies to attack first and where?

“Operation Torch”

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Where is the weakest part of a turtle?

THE WAR FOR EUROPE AND NORTH AFRICA

• They decided to focus on defeating Hitler first and then turn their attention to Japan– Europe was viewed like a Turtle– Soft spot is the underneath– Africa is 1st target

• After Pearl Harbor– British Prime Minister

Winston Churchill spent three weeks working out war plans with FDR

THE NORTH AFRICAN FRONT “Operation Torch”

– an invasion of Axis -controlled North Africa –

Headed by American General Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1942

British lead by General Montgomery

“They sped eastward chasing the Africa Korps led by German General Edwin Rommel

ITALIAN CAMPAIGN – ANOTHER ALLIED VICTORY

Mussolini (Italian Ruler)is arrested and killed

Hitler’s forces turn on the Italians

The Italian Campaign got off to a good start Allies easily took

SicilyUSA Invaded

main land

USA in AfricaObjectives Terms

Which Axis power was chosen by the Allies to attack first and where? Italy and GermanyNorth Africa

“Operation Torch” Invasion of North Africa

Dwight D. EisenhowerHead of the US military

forces

France

D-DayObjectives Terms

Where was the location of the D-Day landings and what major countries were involved?

What role did Paratroopers have in the D-Day landings?

“Operation Overlord”/D-Day

Hitler’s Atlantic Wall

ALLIES LIBERATE EUROPE

Also called “D-Day,”

3 million U.S. & British troops and was set for June 6, 1944

Allies sent fake coded messages indicating they would attack here“Operation

Overlord”Commander

was American General Dwight D. Eisenhower

D – Day 60 mile stretch of

beach 156,000 troops 4,000 landing craft 600 warships 11,000 planes

Largest land-sea-air operation in history

Normandy Invasion cont.

Three Main Countries

USACANADAGREAT BRITIAN

Hitler’s Atlantic WallGermany’s

attempt to protect France

Hedge hogsTeller MinesBarb WireConcrete

Bunkers

D-Day

D-DAY JUNE 6, 1944

Within a month, the Allies had landed

1 million troops170,000 vehicles

D-Day was an amphibious landing – soldiers going from sea to land

Despite air support, German retaliation was brutal – especially at Omaha Beach

OMAHA BEACH 6/6/44

Planes drop paratroopers behind enemy lines at Normandy, France

ParatroopersParatrooper

Airborne Infantry

GoalGet behind

enemy linesCut off

suppliesStop

reinforcements

D- Day Jump

D-DayObjectives Terms

Where was the location of the D-Day landings and what major countries were involved?NormandyUSA, Great Britain,

CanadaWhat role did

Paratroopers have in the D-Day landings?Get behind enemy

linesCut off suppliesStop reinforcements

“Operation Overlord”/D-DayInvasion of France

Hitler’s Atlantic WallNickname German

fortifications on the French coast

Battle for Germany

Battle for GermanyObjectives Terms

Why was the Allies not ready for the German counter attack during the Battle of the Bulge?

What was the American out look of the war after the Battle of the Bulge?

Battle of the Bulge

BATTLE OF THE BULGEIn October 1944,

Americans captured their first German town

Battle of the BulgeHitler responded

with one last ditch massive offensive

BATTLE OF THE BULGE

The weather gave the Germans cover from allied planes

The battle raged for a month – German initial success

The Battle of the Bulge

was Germany’s last gasp

USA Not ReadyHitler attacked in the winter.

BastogneBastogne

Small town in the middle of the Battle of the Bulge "road octopus“

USA occupied it- NUTS! Almighty and most merciful

Father, we humbly beseech Thee…Grant us fair weather for Battle…and crush the oppression and wickedness of our enemies and establish Thy justice among men and nations.

Patton’s Weather Prayer

ALLIES TAKE BERLIN; HITLER COMMITS SUICIDE

End of HitlerBy April 25, 1945, the Soviet army

had stormed BerlinLast Days

On April 29, he married his longtime girlfriend Eva Braun

The next day he gave poison to his wife and shot himself(and dog)

After Germany lost Battle

Nazi leaders realized the war was over

Battle for GermanyObjectives Terms

Why was the Allies not ready for the German counter attack during the Battle of the Bulge?Germans attacked in

the winter.Weather protected

Germans from Allied Air force

What was the American out look of the war after the Battle of the Bulge?Germans could not win

warIt was only a matter of

time

Battle of the BulgeHitler responded

with one last ditch massive offensive

Famous picture of an American soldier celebrating the end of the war