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Retaking Europe. Unit 4 Lesson 6 (Section 25.2). Objectives:. Evaluate US mobilization efforts. Analyze Allied war goals and strategies for victory. Identify key events and major turning points in WW2. Describe the liberation of Europe. Warm Up:. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Retaking Europe
Unit 4Lesson 6
(Section 25.2)
Objectives:
Evaluate US mobilization efforts.
Analyze Allied war goals and strategies for victory.
Identify key events and major turning points in WW2.
Describe the liberation of Europe.
Warm Up:
What world events forced the US to abandon its policy of isolationism and move from neutrality to involvement in WW2?
Review
Identify 5 things the US did to mobilize for the war.
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Evaluating the Situation
Axis Domination 1940-1942
Allied War Strategy
Allied War Strategy1. Dem. Euro
2. New Internatl Org.
3. Hitler 1st- Thru FRA
4. Japan 2nd
Allied War Strategy
1. Dem Euro
2. British Empire
3. Limited Soviet influence
4. Hitler 1st- From N. AFR
Allied War Strategy1. SURVIVAL
2. Hitler Immediately,
need Allies to open W. Front
Turnaround: Allied Offensive
Handout Blank Map
Battle of the Atlantic
North African Campaign
Italian Campaign
War in Soviet Union
Allied Invasion Western Europe
Battle of the Bulge
German Surrender
Battle of the Atlantic
1942-43
Goal: Stop GRM wolf packs cutting supplies to Allies
Turnaround: Convoy, Sonar/Radar, # of
ships
N.Africa – “Operation Torch”
Nov 1942
Goal: Stop Rommel’s ‘Afrika
Corps’ from claiming oil, Suez
Canal
Turnaround: GB @ El Alamein, US
@ Morocco and Algeria
Surrender: May 43 @ Tunisia
Casablanca Conference – Euro 1st, Uncondtl Surrender
Italian Invasion – “Oper Shingle”
Summer 43
Goal: Attack “Soft Underbelly” of Axis,
divert attention
Turnaround: ITL people throw out
Mussolini…Jan 44 Bloody Anzio
Surrender: June 1944 liberate Rome,
Mussolini captured April 45
War in Soviet Union
Why break Non-Aggression Pact?
“Living Space”
Oil & food
Why successful?USSR poorly trained & armed, unprepared
Oppressed by Stalin support GRM troops
Total destructionStalin said leave nothing for GRMNS
Defending Stalingrad
1942-43
Goal: Defend rail/industrial center,
oil fields
Turnaround: Winter 42, Soviet
counterattack / tactics (house-to-house)
Surrender: Feb 43
(~1.5m dead)
W.Euro – “Operation Overlord”
D-Day:June 6, 1944
Allied Goal: Invade Euro center
Tactics: Massive land, air & sea
invasion Normandy, FRA
Turnaround: Allied attrition (1 mil troops by July)
Surrender: Aug ’44 liberate Paris, Sept
free neighbors
FDR Wins 4th Term!
Nov 1944 – FDR and Truman (VP)
Battle of the Bulge
Dec 16, 1944
GRM Goal: Last ditch effort, Split Allied defenses, force pro-
Axis peace
Turnaround: Winter (froze oil/weapons), GRM uses up
reserves
(largest battle WW2, US ever)
Surrender: Jan 15, 45
The Yalta Conference
Feb 1945
FDR, Churchill, Stalin
Postwar WorldGRM split 4 zones
• Berlin as well
E.Euro elections• Stalin breaks promise
USSR enter war w/JPN
FDR Dies– April 12, 1945
Victory in EuropeApril 25, 1945: Soviets storm
Berlin
April 28, 45: Mussolini executed
April 30, 45: Hitler suicide
May 8, 1945: VE DAY!!
Victory in Europe
Closure
If you were a newspaper journalist, what would you write about the US contribution to victory in Europe?