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THE UNITED STATES
IN WORLD WAR II IN EUROPE
World War II From Space 11:00 The Battle of the Atlantic
• What are some reasons FDR decided on a “Beat Hitler
First” policy?
•
How did Doenitz plan to keep American supplies from
Britain?
• What were wolfpacks?
• The Magnitron number 12, which
changed the tide in the Battle of the
Atlantic, was a type of what?
• What else gave the allies an advantage?
• What was significant about ONS 5?
Meanwhile, in the Soviet Union . . (35)
• Operation Barbarossa was the code name for what?
• What natural resource was Germany after near Stalingrad?
• What is important about the Battle of Stalingrad?
• What had to be done to get supplies to Russia through the Persian Gulf?
• What are some supplies that were sent to Russia? What was the most
significant item?
• What did Stalin believe Roosevelt and Churchill were conspiring to do?
THE NORTH AFRICAN FRONT
• “Operation __________” – an
invasion of __________ -controlled
__________ __________--was
launched by American General
__________ __________in 1942
• Allied troops landed in Casablanca,
Oran and the Algiers in Algeria
• They sped eastward chasing the
Afrika Korps led by German General
__________ __________
The North African Front 48
• What were two reasons that the Germans
wanted North Africa?
• What would the United States gain by landing
troops in North Africa?
• Operation Torch is considered to be a dress
rehearsal for _____________.
______________ MEETING
• ______________ and ______________ l
met in Casablanca and decided their next
moves
1) Plan ______________ invasions of
______________ and ______________
2) Only un ______________
______________ would be accepted
ITALIAN CAMPAIGN
• Allies easily took ___________ then invaded the
Italian ____________
• At that point King Emmanuel III ____________
____________ of his ____________. He went into
hiding but was caught two years later and
____________ along with his mistress
• Allies launch an ____________ attack on
____________ in an effort to break German lines
and capture ____________. They face a massive
German counter-attack 25,000 casualties
• ____________ ____________ but ____________’s
forces took control of ____________ Italy and were
heavily secured in the ____________
• Was not ____________ until the end of the war
TUSKEGEE AIRMEN
• Among the brave men who fought
in Italy were pilots of the
th
____________ 99 squadron – the
____________ ____________
• The pilots made numerous effective
strikes against Germany and won
two ____________ ____________
Citations
ALLIES LIBERATE EUROPE
Allies sent
fake coded
messages
indicating
they would
attack here
• Even as the Allies were battling for Italy, they began
plans on a dramatic ____________ of ____________
• It was known as “____________ ____________ ” and
the commander was American General Dwight D.
Eisenhower ____________ ____________
• Also called “____________ ,” the operation involved 3
million U.S. & British troops and was set for
____________ , 1944
D-DAY JUNE 6, 1944
• D-Day was the _____________
land-sea-air operation in military
_____________
• Despite air support, German
retaliation was _____________–
especially at _____________
• Within a ___________the Allies
had landed _____________
troops, 567,000 tons of
_____________ and 170,000
_____________
FRANCE FREED
• George “Blood and Guts” ___________ led the
Army’s drive____________ from the French
beach heads
• By ____________ 1944, the Allies had freed
____________ , Belgium and Luxembourg
• That good news – and the American’s people’s
desire not to “change horses in midstream” –
helped ____________ ____________ to an
unprecedented _____ term
BATTLE OF THE __________
• In October 1944, Americans captured
their first __________ town (Aachen)–
the Allies were closing in
• __________ responded with one last
ditch massive __________
• Hitler hoped breaking through the Allied
__________ would break up Allied
__________ __________
BATTLE OF THE BULGE
• The Germans struck through the __________
__________ in __________ trying to take
Bastogne, where a large __________ hub
resided
• They purposely launched the attack during
__________ __________ so the allies could not
resupply their men
• Battle got its name because it created a large
__________ in the Allied lines.
• The battle raged for a __________ – the
Germans had been pushed back
• From that point on the __________ were in full
__________
• What were some of the supplies the American
soldiers did not have?
• What allowed for the soldiers to be resupplied?
• The Battle of the Bulge is known as one of the
_______ and ____________ battles of the war.
LIBERATION OF DEATH CAMPS
• While the British and Americans
moved westward into Germany, the
__________ moved __________ into
German-controlled __________
• The Soviets discovered many
__________ __________ that the
Germans had set up within Poland
• The __________ also liberated Nazi
death camps within __________
ALLIES TAKE BERLIN; HITLER
COMMITS SUICIDE
• By __________ 25, 1945, the __________ army
had stormed __________ In his underground
headquarters in Berlin, Hitler prepared for the end
• On April 29, Hitler married his longtime girlfriend
Eva Braun then wrote a last note in which he
__________ the __________ for starting the war
and his generals for losing it
• The next day he gave __________ to his
__________ and __________ himself
V-E DAY
• General __________
accepted
the __________ __________ of
the Third Reich
• On __________ the Allies
celebrated __________ – victory
in Europe Day
• The war in Europe was finally over
FDR DIES; TRUMAN PRESIDENT
• President Roosevelt did not live to
see __________ __________
• On April 12, 1945, he suffered a
__________ and died– his ___
__________ __________ became the
nation’s 33rd president
YALTA AGREEMENTS
• 1) They agreed to divide
__________ into ___ occupied
__________ after the war
• 2) __________ agreed to free
__________ in __________
__________
• 3) __________ agreed to help the
______ in the war against
__________ and to join the
__________