U.S. & ENGLAND WORK CLOSELY TOGETHER
MAJOR MILITARY LEADERS: GEN. GEORGE MARSHALL GEN. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
1ST MAJOR DECISION DEFEAT HITLER FIRST....... ALL OUT AGAINST JAPAN (AFTER HITLER)
2 MAIN REASONS FOR THIS STRATEGY Germany might crush Soviets Once Germany defeated, Allies could join together & take Japan
ONLY ACCEPT "UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER" 2ND MAJOR DECISION? ONLY ACCEPT "UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER"
SOME BELIEVE: AXIS FOUGHT HARDER & LONGER
ALLIES USE CONVOYS
LEAVES ATLANTIC COAST LARGELY UNPROTECTED --->MANY SUB ATTACKS
"POLAR BEAR ROUTE" TO MURMANSK
Scorched Earth Policy Was Successful SPRING OF 1942 Germans stall outside Lenningrad & Moscow Scorched Earth Policy Was Successful
GERMANS HEAD TOWARD OIL FIELDS IN THE CAUCASUS MTNS.
SOVIETS Counterattack in Nov. 42 SUMMER OF '42 HITLER ----> TOWARD STALINGRAD SOVIETS Counterattack in Nov. 42
Soviets Win Despite Heavy Losses 91,000 Germans Captured End of Jan. '43 (Orig. 500,000)
******************* TURNING POINT IN EASTERN FRONT *******************
Stalin Wants Allies to Open Western Front OPERATION TORCH November 8, 1942 Allies Invade North Africa
German Gen. Rommel & British Gen. Montgomery & Gen. Eisenhower
May 12, 1943 Axis Lose Africa & Mediterranean
Allies Attack Underbelly of Europe Italy Yugoslavia E. Europe
OCTOBER '43 - MAY '44 MAJOR BOMBING OF GERMANY
BY JUNE OF 1944, ALLIES HAVE 30:1 RATIO IN AIR SUPERIORITY
LARGEST LAND-SEA OPERATION OF ALL TIME OPERATION OVERLORD JUNE 6, 1944 LARGEST LAND-SEA OPERATION OF ALL TIME
BATTLE OF THE BULGE DECEMBER 1944 (due to major Pogonip)
Soviet & American Troops Meet APRIL 25, 1945 ELBE RIVER Soviet & American Troops Meet
APRIL 30, 1945 HITLER SHOT HIMSELF
MAY 7, 1945 GERMANS SURRENDER
V-E DAY VICTORY IN EUROPE MAY 8, 1945 V-E DAY VICTORY IN EUROPE