War for Europe and North War for Europe and North AfricaAfrica

October 22, 2007

Bell RingerBell Ringer

Of what we have discussed, what information about WWII has surprised you the most?

United States and BritainUnited States and Britain

Churchill and Roosevelt meet in December of 1941, spent 3 weeks planning for the war.

Battle of AtlanticBattle of AtlanticHitler orders submarine attacks on the

AtlanticCut off shipping life line in AtlanticGermans sank 681 Allied ships.Allies created convoys, who were escorted

by destroyers and ships with sonar'sAllies created more ships1943 Britain and U.S. took back Atlantic

Battle of StalingradBattle of Stalingrad

Hitler wanted to take Stalingrad, because of it’s proximity to the Volga River

Hand to hand combatGermans burned down as many buildings as

possibleSoviets lost 1,100,000 men, more than all

American casualties, in this battle alone.Turning point of the War

North African FrontNorth African Front

Stalin urged Britain and the U.S. to open a second front in Africa.

Operation Torch: invasion of Axis- controlled North Africa

Commanded by Dwight D. EisenhowerNov. 1942: Landed in Casablanca, then

moved North following RommelAxis surrendered in May of 1943

Italian CampaignItalian Campaign

Churchill brought up the idea of an attack on Italy

Captured Sicily in 1943Forced Mussolini to resignMussolini was arrested in July of 1943

Italian CampaignItalian Campaign

Bloody AnzioMay 1944, lasted 4 months40 miles outside Rome25,000 Allied Casualties30,000 Axis CasualtiesDid not win Italy until 1945, right before

Germany fell.

Heroes in CombatHeroes in Combat

Tuskegee Airman: All African American pilot squadron. 99th Pursuit

Buffaloes: 92nd Squadron: in 6 months of fighting they won:– 7 legion awards, 5 silver stars, 162 bronze stars

Nisei: American citizens whose parents had emigrated from Japan.

442nd became the most decorated in history

D-DayD-Day

Invasion of NormandyLead by EisenhowerJune 6, 1944: Invasion began after midnightGerman retaliation at Omaha Beach was

brutalAfter 7 days of fighting, Allies held an 80

mile strip of France

D-DayD-Day

Within a month, 1,000,000 troops567,000 tons of supplies170,000 vehicles in FranceGeneral George Patton advanced in August

and took Paris back from German hold.By September of 1944: Allies had freed

France, Belgium, Luxembourg

Battle of the BulgeBattle of the Bulge

October 1944: Allies captured the first German town

Dec. 16 under dense fog eight German tanks broke through American defenses.

Drove 60 miles into Allied TerritoryDesperate last ditch effort, became Battle of

the BulgeRaged for a month, Germans were defeated.

Unconditional SurrenderUnconditional Surrender

April 25, 1945:Soviet Army stormed Berlin. April 29, 1945: Hitler marries Eva Braun

– Wrote his last address to the people– Blamed the Jews for the war and his generals for losing

it.– Hitler shot himself and gave Eva poison, both bodies

were soaked in gasoline and burned.

May 8, 1945: V-E Day, the war in Europe Ends.

Roosevelt DiesRoosevelt Dies

FDR did not live to see V-E day.April 12, 1945: while posing for a potrait,

suffered a stroke and died.

HomeworkHomework

Chapter 17, Section 2– Questions: 1, 2, 3