The Allies  After Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Japanese the US entered the war  FDR & Ghurchill meet, decide on a two front war  They target North Africa & The Mediterranean

North Africa  After Rommel took the port city of Tobruk the British sent General Bernard Montgomery to fight, he was succesful  Rommel retreated west  At the same time General Dwight D Eisenhower landed in Morocco to trap Rommel  The German Africa Corps was smashed

The Battle of Stalingrad  August Germans Bomb Stalingrad  Hitler wanted the oil from the Caucasus Mts.  Feb 1943 only 90,000 of 330,000 Germans were left  The city was 99% destroyed

Invasion of Italy  July Allies land in Sicily  Enter Rome June 1944  Found Mussolini dressed as a German soldier,  He was shot and hanged the next day in Milan

D- Day Invasion  Code named Operation OVERLORD  The greatest land & sea attack in history  June 6, 1944 (Saving Private Ryan)  3000 died on that day  Paratroopers & Amphibious landing  1 million troops landed after they took the Beach  August Paris, then France, Belgium, & Luxemburg by September

Germany’s last push  THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE  Dec 1944 Germans broke through a week area in the 85 mile wide US front  The 101 st Airborne (Band of Brothers) held the Germans  General Patton & his 3 rd Corps marched non stop to deal the final blow

Race for Berlin  3 million Allies from the west  6 million soviets from the east race to Berlin (This splits Germany until 1991)  Hitler Kills himself  May 8 th 1945 Surrender  V-E Day Victory in Europe  Fighting still going on in Japan!