The War in Europe and North Africa EQ 4: How did the Allies turn the tide against the Axis in Europe?

Hitler first Strategy FDR agrees that Germany is a larger threat to the world Britain and the USSR must not fall the US may need more allies in the Pacific

Alliance between Britain, U.S., and Soviet Union Germany invaded the USSR in May, 1941 Operation Barbarossa, 1941 hopes to conquer Russia before winter stalled in the Balkans Stalingrad became the linchpin 3 million Germans and Russians killed

Allied War Strategy in Europe and Africa Operation Torch (North Africa), 1942 the USSR demanded a second front under Patton, the US invaded North Africa at Morocco 275k Germans surrender the US used North Africa to get to the island of Sicily and then to Italy “soft underbelly of Europe” the USSR complained it was taking too long

Allied War Strategy in Europe and Africa Strategic Bombing the allies bombed Italy and Germany to destroy their industry British bombed at night despite higher civilian casualties U.S. continued daytime raids from England and Italy 1.5 million tons of bombs were dropped on Germany it’s debatable how effective the bombing was they were psychologically traumatic

Bombing of Dresden

Allied War Strategy in Europe and Africa Operation Overlord D-Day, 6/6/44 D-day was the largest invasion in history planned by Gen. Eisenhower Allied commander in Europe Fake plans were leaked 150,000 troops landed on five beaches just under 7000 ships were involved France and Belgium were liberated by September

D-Day, June 6, 1944

Allied War Strategy in Europe and Africa Battle of the Bulge, 1944 Germans try to push allies back to the English Channel 250k German troops were sent to take Antwerp after Operation Market Garden “Bulge” in allied line US held at Bastogne, will push steadily to Berlin Bulge

Allied War Strategy in Europe and Africa V-E Day (May 8, 1945) the US and Britain pushed into Germany from the West while the USSR came from the East while Europeans cheered, Americans feared the war in Japan

The War in Europe and North Africa – The Holocaust EQ 5: How did the Holocaust develop and what were its results? How did Americans react to the Holocaust?

The Holocaust Kristallnacht, 1938 at first Jews were segregated and forced to wear a Star of David Hitler tried to get them to leave Germany he watched the way the South treated blacks in the US in one night, 7,500 Jewish shops and 400 synagogues burned almost 100 Jews killed and 20,000 sent to concentration camps this is the beginning of the holocaust

The Holocaust The Final Solution the Nazis imprisoned slavs, gypsies, and other ethnic groups the elderly, the insane, homosexuals, and the mentally retarded were executed a combined program of eugenics and euthanasia millions of Jews were segregated into Ghettos before being taken to concentration camps Aushwitz and Dachau 78% of Jews in Europe were killed They were killed in showers using a pesticide called Zyklon-B and then burnt in ovens to hide the evidence even when the war looked hopeless, Hitler pushed for the work to continue

The Holocaust America’s Response to the Holocaust the US held to its immigration quotas the Holocaust got little attention in the news military resources were not used to destroy rail lines to the camps after the war, we helped create Israel

EQ 5: How did the Holocaust develop and what were its results? How did Americans react to the Holocaust?

Answers: 1. A 2. C

Answers: 1. D 2. B

Answers: 1. A 2. C