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• How did the Allies gain victory in Europe? • Thesis • War on Multiple Fronts – Operation Torch (Ike Eisenhower) – Italy – Stalingrad • Mobilization – Production – Propaganda – imprisonment • Victory – Operation Overlord – Battle of the Bulge – Surrender • Allies western half of Berlin • USSR takes eastern half • Conclusion: How did geography play a role in the Allied victory? Operation Torch • American invasion of North Africa • Dwight Eisenhower is named Supreme Commander of Allied Forces after invasion Italy • Americans and British go from North Africa to Italy in 1943 • Fight Italians and Germans • Terrain is mountainous in Northern Italy Stalingrad • German army stopped at city • Soviets counterattack and surround Germans in winter of 1942 - 1943 • German army in retreat from Eastern Front after defeat Production • US factories produce items for war • Ford makes military vehicles • Women work in place of men • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • System Tanks and SP guns Artillery Mortars Machineguns Military trucks Military aircraft total Fighter aircraft Attack aircraft Bomber aircraft Reconnaissance aircraft Transport aircraft Training aircraft Aircraft carriers Battleships Cruisers Destroyers Convoy escorts Submarines Merchant shipping Allies Axis 227,235 52,345 914,683 180,141 657,318 100,000+ 4,744,484 1,058,863 3,060,354 594,859 633,072 278,795 212,459 90,684 37,549 12,539 153,615 35,415 7,885 13,033 43,045 5,657 93,578 28,516 155 16 13 7 82 15 814 86 1,102 422 1,336 33,993,230 5,000,000+ Propaganda • Used one sided information to motivate the home front • Rationing • Limited gas and tires imprisonment • Japanese Americans imprisoned during World War II • Soldiers fought for US in Europe • Most highly decorated unit in Europe Operation Overlord • Allied invasion of German occupied France • Pas de Calais • The man from nowhere Battle of the Bulge • Last German offensive of the war • Bulge in German lines • American supply lines Surrender • Germany surrenders • US takes West • USSR takes East