Transcript World War II

World War II
Section 4
Bleak Days for the Allies
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Soviets Under Siege
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Germans attack Moscow, Leningrad and
Stalingrad
Battle of Stalingrad
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Casualties
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Soviet – 750,000 killed/wounded/captured
German – 740,000 killed/wounded, 110,000 captured
Turning point of the war for the Allies
Cont.
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Japanese Advances
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Siezed
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Guam
Wake Island
Hong Kong
Singapore
Attacked U.S. in the
Phillipines
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Bataan Death March
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90-100,000 POWS forced to
march to prison camp
Approx. ¼ died along march
due to brutal treatment
The Tide Turns
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Japanese Defeats
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Battle of the Coral Sea
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1st naval battle in which ships did not engage
directly
Battle of Midway
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U.S. sank 4 Japanese aircraft carriers
Victories in North Africa
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British vs. Germans
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Gen. Montgomery vs. Gen. Rommel
Rommel “Desert Fox”
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Germans were winning early on
Rommel did not receive the men and supplies needed to
win
Hitler relied more on Italians to support Rommel – did
not work
British won at El Alamein -1942
U.S. troops led by Gen. George Patton reinforced British
Success in Europe
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Patton leads invasion of Italy
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1st captured Sicily
Sept. 1943 – invaded mainland of Italy
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Mussolini had been overthrown, but Germans
controlled much of Italy
June 4th, 1944 – Captured Rome
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1st European capital freed from Nazi control
D-Day Invasion
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Victory in Europe
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Advancing Toward Germany
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Battle of the Bulge
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Germany’s final offensive
Continued bombing of Germany
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Refineries
Factories
Reduced Germany’s ability to produce war
goods
A New President
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Roosevelt/Truman
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FDR’s 4th term
Roosevelt was worn out/tired
Won 54% of the vote
Roosevelt died April, 1945
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Harry S. Truman becomes president
Germany is Defeated
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Americans closed on Berlin from west,
Soviets from east
Hitler committed suicide in his
underground bunker
Germany surrendered on May 7th, 1945
V-E Day - May 8th, 1945