Transcript The year is 1943, and you are a senior in high school. You

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How do you feel about fighting in this war?
 Great
Britain
 France
 Vichy France
 Germany
 Soviet Union
 Egypt
 Suez Canal
 El
Alamein
 Mediterranean Sea
 Italy
 Stalingrad
 Rome
 English Channel
 Normandy, D-Day
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Initial Allied strategy
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Stalin disagreed
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1942-1943 Britain and the United States
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January 1943 Germany
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1943 Allied powers advance
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June 6, 1944
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June 1944
• Initial Allied strategy
build troops in Britain to invade France and start with
Africa
• Stalin disagreed
wanted help in the east and wanted to focus on Europe
• 1942-1943 Britain and the United States
Britain: North Africa/Egypt (Suez Canal) – Battle of El
Alamein
US: Eisenhower – in the west
• January 1943 Germany
Against Hitler’s orders German
troops surrender (they were under
supplied, freezing and starving) at
Stalingrad (industrial center)
• 1943 Allied powers advance
Italy, Mussolini is overthrown
(Hitler did not recognize)
After the defeat of France in 1940 most people
tried to return to living as they had done before the
war. However, Germany demanded all kinds of goods
from France at bargain prices so the French had to
work hard for their “new masters.” Many worked
badly and very unwillingly. As a result, in 1943 the
Germans started to deport a growing number of
skilled Frenchmen to Germany.
The majority of French Jews were handed over
to the Nazis and deported to the death camps. Some
were hidden by French friends.
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OMAHA
• June 6, 1944
D Day – Beaches of Normandy
France, Allied powers had the
beaches by the end of the day and
advance through France to get to
Germany
“designated day”
• June 1944
Allied powers
took Rome