The Allies are Victorious

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The Allies are Victorious
The Big Three Churchill GB FDR U.S. Stalin
Russia

• (Ch. 16 Sec.4)

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World War II in Europe
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Battle of El Alamein

• October 1943
• Northern Egypt

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Battle of El Alamein

• Allies (USA/GB) Win

• General Erwin Rommel (The Desert Fox Germany)
• He and his troops forced to flee westward in
  Africa away from Egypt

• Victory here gave Allies control over access to
  the Mediterranean Sea

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Operation Torch
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Operation Torch

• November 1942
• American landed troops in Northern Africa

• Finally ended General Rommels (Germany) African
  Campaign.

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Battle of Stalingrad
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Battle of Stalingrad
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Battle of Stalingrad

• August 1942-Feb. 1943
• Southern Russia
• Hitler Invades
• Russia with Winter
• looming!

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Battle of Stalingrad

• first time Soviets pushed Germans westward out of
  Russia
• before this Germans won every battle in Russia

• 1 million Russians died defending Stalingrad.

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Invasion of Italy

• July 1943

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Invasion of Italy

• Resulted in Allied conquest of Sicily and
  eventually all of Italy

• Italians overthrow Mussolini and switch sides in
  late 1943.

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Death of Mussolini

• April 1945 Italians publicly execute Mussolini
  and his top aides

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Propaganda and Campaign on Home Front

• All sides governments used propaganda to promote
  the war effort

• Propaganda rallied the people on the home front
  to do their part for the war effort.

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Propaganda and Campaign on Home Front
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D-Day Invasion
June 6, 1944

• June 6, 1944

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D-Day Invasion

• Allies (GB/USA) invade Normandy, France

• begin liberation of France from Germany

• led to France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Netherlands,
  being freed from Germany

• 3,000 Americans killed during invasion

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Good Morning

• 3-26-12
• Warm-up
• None

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Battle of the Bulge

• December 1944
• Allies vs. Germany
• In Belgium

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Battle of the Bulge
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Battle of the Bulge

• Hitlers final attempt at victory fails

• German offensive forced allies to temporarily
  retreat

• Allies eventually pushed Germans back and caused
  heavy losses for Hitler

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Battle of Leyte Gulf

• October 1944
• In The Philippines

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Battle of Leyte Gulf

• 
  Japanese Used
  
• 
  Kamikaze
  Pilots against
• American ships
• Kamikazes Suicide pilots
• Flying planes into ships

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Battle of Leyte Gulf

• USA vs. Japan America wins wipes out most of
  Japanese Navy.

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Battle of Okinawa

• April 1945
• island 350 miles off the coast of Japan

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Battle of Okinawa

• Japan lost 110,000 America lost 12,500
• moved USA closer to an invasion of Japan to end
  the war.

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Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• America dropped 2 atomic
• (nuclear bombs) on Japan
• August 6, 1945 Hiroshima
• bombed 100,000 killed
• August 9, 1945 Nagasaki
• bombed90,000 killed
• Forced the surrender of Japan and the end of the
  war America never invaded Japan.