Air vs. Land vs. Sea Tactics: Review Posters In order to review over the land, sea and air tactics, weaponry and operations of WWII in Europe, you will create a review poster in a group. This can be simple! Do not need to do pictures, graphs, charts…..yet….. Summarize MAIN ideas for review! Use book, operations worksheet, video clip notes, weapon research, etc. Will be used as review before we transition to Pacific

What should you include??? Overall tactics/strategies Allied strengths/weaknesses Axis strengths/weaknesses Important technological/military developments How this impacted key operations in Europe How this impacted WWII

Events leading to Germany’s Surrender End of WWII in Europe Events leading to Germany’s Surrender

Allied Victories: 1943-1945 January 1943: USSR victory at Stalingrad May 1943: Allies win back North Africa July 1943: Allies land in Sicily and push North into Italy June 1944: D-Day June 1944: Mussolini is overthrown

Battle of the Bulge December 1944 – Jan 1945 Germany’s last offensive attack Invaded Belgium and created a “bulge” in Allied defense lines Largest American death toll Germans lost and were pushed back

FDR’s Death FDR was elected to his 4th term in 1944; with a new VP After 12 years in office and four presidential terms, FDR died on April 12, 1945 Died from a cerebral hemorrhage (stroke) Replaced by VP Harry Truman "Men will thank God on their knees a hundred years from now that Franklin D. Roosevelt was in the White House” (NY Times Editorial; 1945) 8

Mussolini’s Death Italian government wanted to punish Mussolini for war crimes Tried to escape to Switzerland in German convoy Caught by soldiers and executed April 28, 1945 Shot by firing squad, body hung in city where civilians beat, kicked, spat, and stoned his dead body.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12_s028JYOU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kw4noLIFgGQ

Invasion of Berlin

Death of Hitler The Allies surrounded Germany and it became clear the Axis powers would lose. Hitler committed suicide in an underground bunker on April 30, 1945

War in Europe is over! Berlin fell to the Allies on May 2, 1945 Germany surrenders May 8th: V-E Day (Victory in Europe) Who is left?

War in Europe is over!!

WWII Animated Map Prepare to be amazed…….

Review: Why did the Allies win in Europe? Weakness of Axis Powers Strengths of Allied Powers

Short/Immediate Effects HOMEWORK – due Friday! “The Effects of the Second World War”  pages 190-195 Take notes on long vs. short term effects (focus on cultural, political, economic!) Short/Immediate Effects Long Term Effects Superpowers Cultural Destruction Economic Recovery (role of U.S. & Marshall Plan) War Crime Trials Cause of Cold War Creation of the UN Decolonization

Yalta Conference February 1945 Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met at Yalta (Soviet Union) to discuss the postwar world Formed the United Nations Divided Germany and Berlin into four zones Stalin obtained Poland if he promised to allow free elections Stalin gained Pacific islands if he promised to declare war on Japan

KEEP IN MIND: Stalin is gong to break these promises …….. COLD WAR!!!!