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Chapter 25 Section 2
Retaking Europe
Atlantic Charter
An agreement signed by President
Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston
Churchill in 1941
Outlines the nation’s war aims
Sought no territory
No territorial changes without
permission of the people
People have a right to choose their
own government
Nazis must be destroyed
Why was the Atlantic Charter significant?
It contained terms agreed to by
Great Britain and the U.S. to govern
war behavior and define their aims
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme Commander of the Allied
forces in World War II
American
Future President
1953-1961
What obstacles did Allied forces face while
fighting in Italy?
Mountainous terrain
Destroyed bridges
Blocked roads
Elaborate German Army defenses
In June of 1941, the Nazis invade the Soviet Union. How
successful was the invasion of the Soviet Union in the first few
months?
Very successful
German air forces gained near total
control of the air
Germans took hundreds of
thousands of Russian prisoners
Moved deep into Russian territory
Why did the German invasion of the Soviet
Union succeed at first?
The intensity and speed of the
attack took the Soviets by surprise
Describe the events of the Battle of Stalingrad?
Important rail and industrial center
Germans firebombed and shot
artillery at the city for 2 months
House to house combat
Soviets make their stand
Winter sets in
90,000 Nazis eventually surrender
What factors helped the Soviet army defeat the
Germans?
While the Soviets were retreating,
they burned anything the Nazis
could use
The cold and harsh weather
The size of the Soviet Union
How did the Allied decision to delay an invasion of
Western Europe and fight instead in North Africa
and Italy affect the Soviet Union?
The Soviet Union bore the heaviest
cost of fighting Germany
26 million dead in the Soviet Union
alone
This made the Soviets suspicious of
the West
Carpet Bombing
Planes scattered large numbers of
bombs over a wide area
German cities suffered heavy
damage as a result
What advantage did carpet bombing have over a
conventional attack on Germany?
Carpet bombing, along with more
precise American bombing, enabled
the Allies to strike all over Germany
with lower risk for allied casualties
D-Day
June 6, 1944
Allied invasion of France
Beginning of the invasion of Hitler’s
Europe
130,000 Allies land on the first day
Largest invasion in history
In a little over 2 months, France is
liberated
Explain the significance of the D-day invasion?
It represented the opening of the
Allied invasion of Western Europe
Battle of the Bulge
Americans were on the verge of
entering Germany
December 1944-Germans attack
American lines in Belgium
Created a bulge in the middle of
American lines
Last ditch offensive for the Nazis
Explain why Stalingrad and the Battle of the Bulge market
two different turning points for Germany during the War.
Stalingrad
Battle of the Bulge
Turning point of the war in the east
Resulted in great German losses
German surrender and loss showed
that Germany’s seemingly
unstoppable offensive was over
Nazis lose the last of their armored
reserves
Nazi leaders recognize that the war
is lost
Germany Surrenders
The Soviets invade Berlin in April
1945
Hitler commits suicide April 30, 1945
May 8, 1945- Germany surrenders