Transcript Allied War Effort Closes In On Victory In Europe

Unit 4
Lesson 5
Allied War Effort Closes In
On Victory In Europe
Big Idea: Allies secured key victories in the Atlantic
Ocean, North Africa, the Soviet Union, and Western
Europe between 1942-45.
Objectives:
Evaluate US mobilization efforts.
Analyze Allied war goals and strategies for
victory.
Identify key events and major turning points
in WW2.
Describe the liberation of Europe.
Warm Up:
What world events
forced the US to
abandon its policy of
isolationism and move
from neutrality to
involvement in WW2?
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Review
Identify 5 things the
US did to mobilize for
the war.
Evaluating the Situation
Axis Domination 1940-1942
Allied War Strategy
Allied War Strategy
1. Dem. Euro
2. New Internatl
Org.
3. Hitler 1st- Thru
FRA
4. Japan 2nd
Allied War Strategy
1.
3.
4.
Dem Euro
2. British Empire
Limited Soviet influence
Hitler 1st- From N. AFR
Allied War Strategy
1. SURVIVAL
2. Hitler Immediately,
need Allies to open W.
Front
Turnaround: Allied Offensive
Handout Blank Map
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Battle of the Atlantic
1942-43
Goal: Stop GRM
wolf packs cutting
supplies to Allies
Turnaround: Convoy,
Sonar/Radar, # of
ships
Defending Stalingrad
1942-43
Goal: Defend
rail/industrial center,
oil fields
Turnaround: Winter
42, Soviet
counterattack / tactics
Surrender: Feb 43
Operation Torch
Nov 1942
Goal: Stop
Rommel’s ‘Afrika
Corps’ from
claiming oil, Suez
Canal
Turnaround: GB
@ El Alamein, US
@ Morocco and
Algeria
Surrender: May 43
@ Tunisia
Italian Invasion
Summer 43
Goal: Attack “Soft
Underbelly” of Axis,
divert attention
Turnaround: ITL
people throw out
Mussolini…Jan 44
Bloody Anzio
Surrender: June 1944
liberate Rome
Operation Overlord
June 6, 1944
Allied Goal: Invade
Euro center
Tactics: Massive
land, air & sea
invasion
Turnaround: Allied
attrition (1 mil
troops by July)
Surrender: Aug ’44
liberate Paris, Sept
free neighbors
FDR Wins 4th Term!
Nov 1944 – FDR and Truman (VP)
Battle of the Bulge
Dec 16, 1944
GRM Goal: Last ditch
effort, Split Allied
defenses, force proAxis peace
Turnaround: Winter
(froze oil/weapons),
GRM uses up reserves
Surrender: Jan 15, 45
Death of a President
Victory in Europe
April 25, 1945:
Soviets storm
Berlin
April 28, 45:
Mussolini
executed
April 30, 45:
Hitler suicide
May 8, 1945:
VE DAY!!
Victory in Europe
Closure
If you were a newspaper journalist, what
would you write about the US contribution
to victory in Europe?