Transcript The War for Europe and North Africa

The War for Europe and
North Africa
U.S. and U.K. Join Together
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Churchill convinces Roosevelt to fight in
Europe first
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Massive submarine warfare in Atlantic
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Leave Japan for later
Try to cut supply lines to Britain
Massive shipbuilding in US
Battle of Stalingrad
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Germans stalled in Leningrad
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Winter of ’41
Roll again in Spring of ’42
Invade Stalingrad in August
 Control 9/10ths of Stalingrad by Winter ’42
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Germans frozen out
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Surrender in Jan ‘43
North Africa
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Stalin pushing for Western assault
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Hit Axis on two fronts
US/UK attack North Africa instead
Led by Dwight Eisenhower
 Allies conquer North Africa (May ’43)
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Italian Campaign
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Invade Sicily after taking North Africa
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Italians lose island
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Mussolini forced out (July 1943)
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Hitler fights for Italy
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Italy freed in early 1945
D-Day (June 6, 1944)
Operation Overlord
 3 million soldiers from US/UK/Canada
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Massive landing at Normandy (France)
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Brutal fighting, huge casualties
Bradley and Patton
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Omar Bradley
and George S.
Patton
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Generals lead
tanks through
Western Europe
France is
liberated (Sept
1944)
Battle of the Bulge
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Last major German offensive
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Last gasp at winning
Germans try to retake Antwerp, Belgium
Month long battle
 Germans nearly win
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Germans lose battle, and 120,000 troops
Death Camps liberated
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July, 1944: Soviets discover first camps
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Camps in Poland
US/UK later liberate camps on march east
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Camps in Germany
Surrender
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April 12th, 1945: Roosevelt dies
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April 25, 1945: Soviets storm Berlin
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April 29, 1945: Hitler commits suicide
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May 8th: Germany surrenders
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V-E Day: Victory in Europe Day