Transcript WWII the Tide Turns

WWII
The Tide Turns: Allies in Victory
Overview
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The entrance of the United States to the War
El Alamein
The Invasion of Italy
The Red Army pushes the Germans back
D-Day and the Invasion of France
Nazi’s are Defeated
The War in the Pacific – Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The U.S. Enters the War
• The U.S. enters the war. Britain, France,
Russia are now on one side.
• The 8th Air Force is deployed to Britain and
the bombing campaign of Germany from
England starts.
• U.S. forces deploy to North Africa, Patton
defeats Rommel and the British find new
victories.
El Alamein,
Egypt
• Field Marshal Montgomery beats Rommel’s
Panzers and protects the route to the Suez
Canal.
• This defeat signals the beginning of the end
for the German War Machine
Invasion of Italy
• July 1943: U.S. and British forces invade Italy
from two points, Anzio and Salerno.
• Tired of the fascist dictator, Mussolini is
overthrown from within and the new Italian
government signs the armistice.
• Although Allies faced heavy German resistance in
Italy, they continued to move up the peninsula to
retake the entire country.
• Mussolini is taken into the streets, beaten and
hanged for all to see.
Benito Mussolini and his Wife
Stalingrad
• Hitler orders a new offensive in Russia.
• After surrounding the city named after Stalin, the
Germans moved into the city.
• The Russians then countered the Germans by
surrounding them and began to starve them out.
• 300,000 Germans were killed, wounded or
captured at Stalingrad.
Invasion of France
• June 6, 1944 D-Day Invasion on the
Normandy coast of France.
• Allied paratroopers dropped in behind
enemy lines to help secure the beaches.
• 176,000 allied troops landed on Omaha,
Utah, Gold, Sword and Juno beaches
marking the largest amphibious assault in
history
The Nazi’s are Defeated
• The Allies advanced through Europe, Russia from
the east and the U.S. – British forces from the
west.
• Allied bombers destroyed German cities and
industrial complexes to reduce the 3rd Reich’s
ability to wage war. The city of Dresden was
reduced to rubble and engulfed in a firestorm after
bombers struck it day and night.
• On May 8th, 1945 V-E Day was declared when
Russians overtook Berlin, finding that Hitler had
committed suicide in his command bunker.
Defeat of Japan
• The United States finally makes headway
using a technique called island-hopping.
• The Battles of Midway and Coral Sea were
turning points of the war in the pacific.
• Bloody battles on Iwo Jima and Tarawa
made it clear that the Japanese were not
giving up.
America decides on the Pacific
• An invasion of Japan would cost thousands,
if not more than hundreds of thousands of
lives.
• The Japanese used the Kamikaze (Suicide
attack) to shock troops and increase damage
to ships.
• President Truman makes a decision about
Japan and the War.
Hiroshima
• August 6th 1945 – an American plane (The
Enola Gay) dropped an atomic bomb on the
mid-sized city of Hiroshima.
• Over 70,000 people are instantly killed.
• Four square miles were reduced to nothing.
Nagasaki
• August 9th, after refusal to surrender by the
Japanese, the United States dropped a
second atomic bomb on the city of
Nagasaki.
• Over 40,000 killed instantly
• On September 2, 1945 on the deck of the
U.S.S Missouri, Japan surrenders to the
United States.