Transcript WWII - reynoldsfhs

WWII - Europe
Allies Demand Unconditional
Surrender
Battle of the Atlantic
Hitler was trying to stop U.S. ships from
reaching GB
Had to send ships in convoys (groups)
with destroyers (protection)
Used radar
1943 – building 140 ships a month
Battle of Stalingrad
Germany had invaded USSR and wanted
their most industrialized city
Doing well until winter…
Soviets took advantage of the weather and
surrounded and trapped Germans in the
city
Germany forced to surrender
Italy
 1943 – Churchill (British Prime Minister) decides
this is the safest place to begin invading
 Italians got scared when they lost Sicily
forced Mussolini to resign
Thought this would get them out of the war
 Hitler came down to Italy to fight Allies and keep
them out of Germany
“Bloody Anzio” lasted till end of war
Wind Talkers
U.S. used the Navajo language as their
code throughout WWII
The code was never cracked because it
was a language that no other country had
ever heard before
Navajo Indians only native to America!!
D-Day
D-DAY
General Eisenhower planned D-Day for
June 6, 1944
Allied invasion across English Channel
into Normandy, France
Largest military invasion in history
Allies success allowed them to push
further into France
D-Day Map
Battle of the Bulge
September 1944 – Allies stop to resupply from D-Day
Hitler’s last major offensive
Germans use this stall as opportunity to
attack
Allie reinforcement sent in, Germans
retreat
Yalta Conference
 FDR, Churchill, and Stalin meet to plan for post
war peace
 Stalin promises to help U.S. fight Japan in 3
months and allow free elections in occupied
territories
 Occupy and divide Germany together
 Outlined plans for the United Nations
Germany Surrenders
 1st FDR runs for 4th term!
 Allied troops continue bombing Germany
 April 12, 1945 – FDR dies suddenly, never sees
the end
 April 30, 1945 – Hitler and his new wife
committed a double suicide
 May 7, 1945 – Germany declares unconditional
surrender (V-E Day – Victory in Europe)