Transcript War for Europe and North Africa

War for Europe and North
Africa
 Convoy System
 Battle of Stalingrad
 Operation Torch
 Dwight D. Eisenhower
 Omar Bradley
 George S. Patton
 Tuskegee Airman
Battle of the Atlantic
 Hitler began to attack ships on the
Atlantic to try to stop goods from getting
to the allies
 “wolf packs” began to attack Allied ships
 Allies brought back the convoy system
from WWI
 Ships
carrying goods were surrounded by a
group of military ships, submarines, and
planes
 Traveled in large groups
Battle of the Atlantic cont.
 Convoy system also included ships with
sonar and radar
 U-boats were being destroyed faster
than they could be replaced
 US was producing 140 “liberty ships”
each month
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Not really well built, but easily replaceable
 Allies were winning the Battle of the
Atlantic by mid-’43
Battle of Stalingrad
 Germans took the offensive in southern
Soviet Union
 Wanted to wipe out Stalingrad
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Major industrial city
 Stalingrad was attacked for weeks
 Winter set in and the Soviets surrounded
the mostly German controlled city
Stalingrad cont.
 Soviets cut off German supply lines
 Hitler ordered his troops to stay and fight
 Germans surrendered Jan. 31, 1943
 Soviets lost 1,100,000 troops
 During the battle, Stalin wanted a
second allied front opened up to take
some of the pressure off of him
Operation Torch
 Tried to take pressure off of Stalin
 Allies invaded North Africa
 Dwight Eisenhower commanded the Allied
troops
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American General
Would command the Allies in Europe for the rest of
the war
 Gens. George S. Patton and Omar Bradley
along with Field Marshal Montgomery defeated
Rommell’s Afrika Korps
Operation Torch cont.
 Following success in North Africa, the allies
landed in Sicily and moved north into Italy
 Mussolini was forced in July ’43 to resign and
was beaten to death by his own people
 Allies got caught up just outside Rome
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“Bloody Anzio”
Lasted 4 months
25,000 Allies dead
30,000 Axis dead
Race War
 Tuskegee Airmen
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All black squadron fought with distinction in
Sicily and Italy
Thought to be too unintelligent to fly
 Japanese Americans also fought in Italy
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Were not allowed to fight in the Pacific
442nd Regimental Combat Team
2nd gen. Japanese Americans
 Most decorated unit in U.S. History
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