Transcript Allied Invasion of Northwestern Europe D-Day

U.S. Alliance with Great Britain
and the Soviet Union
U.S. Alliance with Great Britain
and the Soviet Union
 The Big Three- U.S., Great Britain, and
Soviet Union
 U.S. President: FDR
 Great Britain: Winston Churchill
 Soviet Union: Joseph Stalin
 U.S. and Great Britain will attach from the
west (western front)
 Soviet Union will attack from the east
(eastern front)
U.S. Joins the Allies in War
 The Battle in the Atlantic- Germans were attacking
U.S. supply lines- created a convoy system to with
destroyer ships with sonar to detect German
submarines
 Battle of Stalingrad- Germany’s defeat and divided
forces help the Allies get an upper hand
 North Africa- U.S. troops fought for months and
got German General Erwin Rommel to surrender
in May 1943
 Italy- Gained control of Sicily and fought Axis
forces which lasted until May 1944
Allied Invasion of Northwestern
Europe
D-Day
Allied Invasion of
Northwestern Europe
D-Day
 Operation Overlord
 We invade Nazi-occupied France (Storm
the beaches of Normandy, France)
 Try to push the Nazis back to Germany!
 Greatest military invasion in history!
 Led by General Eisenhower
 Lasted over a month but was eventually
successful!
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Bulge
 Hitler was near defeat
 This was Hitler’s last-ditch attempt to
push the Allied forces back!
 It creates a “bulge” in the Allied lines
 Eventually the Allied forces win Hitler is
nearly defeated!
Allied Victory in Europe
V-E DAY
Allied Victory in Europe
V-E DAY
 Soviet Union and U.S. marching towards
Berlin (capital of Germany)
 Hitler knows it’s over he commits suicide
and has his body burned
 U.S. and Soviet Union meet together in
Berlin
 Germany surrenders
 End of WWII in Europe VE Day (Victory in
Europe May 7, 1945)
U.S. Strategy in the Pacific War
Island-Hopping
U.S. Strategy in the Pacific War
Island-Hopping
 Our strategy again Japan: Island hop try
and get control of a small island, set up a
base, and keep hopping to the next
 We are eventually going to invade Japan on
their land
 We are now ready to launch a mainland
Japan attack
The End of WWII
V-J DAY
The End of WWII
V-J DAY
 We have to decide: invade Japan or drop
the atomic bomb (this was news to the new
President Truman, he took over when FDR
died in office)
 Bomb Hiroshima: August 6, 1945 (Still no
surrender)
 Bomb Nagasaki: August 9th
 Japan finally surrenders on August 14th
 Bomb kills nearly 200,000 Japanese
Yalta Conference- The Big 3 meet to decide
the fate of Germany and the Axis powers.