Transcript Germany Sparks the New War

The Allies develop a War Plan
Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin
Timeline of WWII
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1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
The “Big Three”
Churchill
Roosevelt
Stalin
Allied Strategy
• December 22 1941: Stalin, Roosevelt & Churchill
agree on a War Strategy
• U.S. & Great Britain- concentrate on Southern Europe &
Northern Africa
• Soviet Union- on its “own” against Germany on eastern front
• U.S. continues fight against Japan in Pacific
3-Theatres of War:
European, African & Pacific
Eastern Front
• Summer 1942 Germany sends troops to Stalingrad
• Stalin promises to:
– “Defend the City at all Costs”
War in Northern Africa
Dwight Eisenhower
(“Ike”)
Bernard Montgomery
(“Monty”)
U.S. General in charge
Of Europe/Africa
British General in charge
Of Europe/Africa
Erwin Rommel
German General in
charge of Europe/Africa
Operation Torch:
November 8th 1942
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