Transcript The War for Europe and North Africa

The War for Europe
and North Africa
The United States in World
War II #2
I. The United States and Britain
Join Forces
 A.
The Battle of the Atlantic
– 1. In response to the German
Wolfpacks the Allies began to use the
Convoy System.
– 2. These convoys were equipped with
sonar and airplanes to find German Uboats.
– 3. The Americans built 140 ships a
month.
II. The Eastern Front and the
Mediterranean
 A.
The Battle of Stalingrad
– 1. Hitler was determined to wipe out
Stalingrad, a major industrial center.
– 2. Hitler, overconfident ordered the
German army into Stalingrad and too
fight to the death.
– 3. Winter set in and Soviet troops
surrounded the Germans and after 6
months of fighting the remnants of the
German army surrendered.
 B.
The North African Front
– 1. Operation Torch under Dwight D.
Eisenhower fought the German Afrika
Corps under General Erwin Rommel, the
Desert Fox.
– 2. After months of heavy fighting the
Germans surrendered in May 1943.
 C.
The Italian Campaign
– 1. After victory in North Africa Churchill
and FDR invaded Europe through Italy.
– 2. The campaign got off to a good start
with the capture of Sicily, and Mussolini
was stripped of his power.
– 3. Hitler did not give up Italy without a
fight and after bloody fighting at
“bloody Anzio” left 25,000 Allied troops
dead and 30,000 Axis troops.
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III. The Allies Liberate Europe
 A.
D-Day
– 1. The largest land-sea operation in
history.
– 2. Codename Operation Overlord.
– 3. June 6, 1944
– 4. Even though the bulk of the German
army was not in Normandy, the
Germans put up heavy resistance, but
the Allies held the beachheads.
– 5. Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, Sword

B. The Allies Gain Ground
– 1. The Within a month after D-Day the Allies
landed 567,000 tons of supplies, a million
troops, and 170,000 vehicles in France.
– 2. General Omar Bradley led a massive land
and aerial bombardment of St. Lo providing a
gap in which General George Patton could
advance.
– 3. On August 25, 1944 the Allies liberated
Paris.
– 4. As a result FDR was elected to a 4th term.

C. Battle of the Bulge
– 1. In October 1944 Hitler launched a last ditch
offensive to secure the Belgian port Antwerp.
– 2. His army broke through weak American
defenes and drove 60 miles into Allied
territory.
– 3. However, the Allies finally held after a
month of fighting and Hitler lost 120,000
troops, 600 tanks, and 1,600 planes which
they could not replace and spend the
remainder of the war on retreat.
 C.
Unconditional Surrender
– 1. On April 29, 1945 Hitler committed
suicide along with his bride Eva Braun.
– 2. A week later on May 8, 1945 General
Eisenhower accepted the unconditional
surrender of the Third Reich and V-E
day was announced.
– 3. However, on April 12, 1945 FDR had
a stroke and died.