Transcript February 10 WORLD - misskimelewskisclass

Mussolini’s End to Power/
Target: Germany
February 10, 2012
• May 1943
– Allies push Germans/ Italians out of N. Africa
• July 1943: Allies start invasion of Italy
– Go in from Sicily (2 miles from Italy)
– Eisenhower in command/ Patton
• End of July 1943: Ended rule of Mussolini
– Escapes to fortress
• September 1943: Italy surrenders to Allies
• 5 weeks later, Italy declares war on Germany
• Many Italians against Mussolini & Hitler
• Italy on Allied side
• Not the end of Mussolini
– Hitler rescues Mussolini from fortress
• Southern Italy
– Germans fighting the Allies/ Italians
• Fighting in Italy until the end of war (1945)
• TARGET: Germany
– Through Italy, France (D-Day), Soviets, and BOMBING
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Saturation bombing
Nonstop bombs dropped on German cities
GOAL: maximum damage
Strategic bombing
Bomb key political/ industrial areas
GOAL: destroy Germany’s capacity to make war
Not safe being a bomber
– 20% casualty rate
• Tuskegee Airmen
– African Americans
– Escort bombers…protect from Germans
– 1500 missions – did NOT lose 1 bomber
• 1941 to 1944: Americans prepare to
invade Europe
• June 6, 1944: D-Day/ Normandy