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V-E Day
World War II
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The North African Front
The North African Front
S First strategy upon entry was the north African front
S DISCUSS WHY
The North African Front
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First strategy upon entry was the
north African front
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DISCUSS WHY
S Germany was close to
controlling the Suez Canal
S Would give access to oil fields
in middle east
North African Front
S Allies had success in N. Africa when generals Eisenhower
and Montgomery used 850 ships in surprise landing
S General Rommel (Germany) surrendered
S Victory in N. Africa led to second phase  Sicily and Italy
(Summer 1943)
Sicily and Italy
S Germany forces were not permitted to surrender in Italy at
Hitler’s requirement.
S Difficult conquest
S Italians became upset with Mussolini, forced his resignation
and replaced him with Marshal Pietro Badoglio
S negotiated peace.
Sicily and Italy
S What did they do with Benito Mussolini?
Sicily and Italy
Casablanca Conference
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Roosevelt and PM Churchill
meet in1943 where allies agreed
to stop only with an
“unconditional surrender” by
axis powers.
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What does unconditional
surrender mean?
Casablanca Conference
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Roosevelt and PM Churchill
meet in1943 where allies agreed
to stop only with an
“unconditional surrender” by
axis powers.
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Peace with Germany, Italy and
Japan will not be
NEGOTIATED
In Eastern Europe
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Stalin is still holding ground
against Nazis in battle that will
continue for years
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Stalin asks from allies
S Massive aid (planes, ammo,
food, oil, etc)
S Recognition of his territorial
demands in E. Europe
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Requests denied
Germans in Russia
S Siege at Leningrad lasted 2 years. Germans stopped at Leningrad
and Moscow and shifted southward for OIL.
S Hitler defeated in Stalingrad (Winter 1942-1943)
S Soviets surrounded and captured 250,000 Germans
S Last German battle was launched summer of 1943 at Kursk
S Victory for soviets
S After Kursk, Germans took defensive as Soviets pushed them back
D-Day
S What does the D stand for?
D-Day
S June 6, 1944 under General Eisenhower
S 120,000 troops within 24 hours on 5 beachs
S 5,000 ships and paratroopers
S Germans were surprised by location
S Normandy Peninsula: no natural ports, extreme tidal
variations, protected by the Atlantic Wall
Operation Overloard
S Code name for D-Day
S Just so you know 
Allies Take France
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Patton led assault across France
and Paris was liberated in August
1944
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Battle of the Bulge
S December 1944, in Belgium.
German counter attack but
Allies push Germans back
Yalta Conference
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Feb 1945, meeting of Churchill,
FDR and Stalin to discuss
postwar peace
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Stalin promises to join the fight
against Japan
V-E Day
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V-E Day = Victory in Europe
Day
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American and Russian troops
met at Elbe River (100 miles west
of Berlin)
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Hitler commits suicide while
Berlin under attack
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Germans sign unconditional
surrender on May 8, 1945
Excitement Fades
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Realities of concentration camps
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Continued war in Pacific
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Roosevelt’s death April 12, 1945