Chapter 17 Part 2 Pages 569-577

Terms to Know Dwight D. Eisenhower D-Day Omar Bradley George Patton Battle of the Bulge VE Day Harry Truman

The Battle of the Atlantic Hitler tried to prevent America from sending aid to the Brits and the Russians He ordered submarine raids along the American East coast Sunk 87 U.S. ships in the first 4 months of 1942 …681 in the next 7 months

Convoys The allies sent lots of ships at once But were escorted by destroyers They had sonor to detect submarines Were also aided by aircraft who used radar to detect subs on the surface Big German losses

Ship Building in the U.S. increased tremendously 140 liberty ships built each month By mid-1943 the tide had turned

The Eastern Front The Germans attacked Russia in 1941 Were stopped just short of Moscow by the winter Continued the assult in the Spring Germany was after Soviet oil fields in the Caucasus Mountains And wanted to destroy Stalingrad

August 1942 The German Luftwaffe began to bomb Stalingrad to soften her up for invasion

The Soviets Brought in huge numbers of tanks to defend Stalingrad Massive causalities on both sides The Germans surrendered Then supplies reached Russia from the U.S. The Russians began the long march west

The North African Front General Rommel (the Dessert Fox) and his Afrika Korps were a threat to the Suez Canal U.S. and British forces commanded by Eisenhower defeated Rommel in May of 1943 Was called Operation Overlord

Italy The Allies took Sicily in the summer of 1943 Mussolini was stripped of power by King Victor Emmanuel III Then Mussolini and his wife were killed by Italian mobs

Hitler occupied Italy The fighting in Italy between the Allies and the Germans lasted until 1945

Heroes The Tuskegee Airmen All Black squadron Fought in Italy Earned 2 Distinguished Unit Citations Also distinguished themselves when fighting the German Luftwaffe

The 92nd Infantry Division The Buffalos In 6 months in Europe they won: 7 Legion of Merit Awards 65 Silver Stars 162 Bronze Stars

Mexican Americans Company F of the 141st Regiment, 36th Division Won 17 Congressional Medals of Honor

Japanese Americans The most decorated unit in U.S. History: The 100th Battalion Was called the Purple Heart Battalion Fought in Italy and North Africa

D-Day Operation Overlord Eisenhower Amassed men, Weapons, etc. on the coast of England to prepare to cross the English Channel and invade France June 6, 1944 Eventually 3 million men crossed the channel

To the Beaches of Normandy First 3 divisions of paratroopers Then by sea First part of Saving Private Ryan Brutal…especially at Omaha Beach

Saving Private Ryan http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=youtube+saving+private+ryan+omaha+beach&FORM=VIRE1#a

D-Day 7 days of fighting Allies held the beach Within a month, 1 million troops had landed

General Omar Bradley Followed up with a massive air and land bombardment Provided a gap in the German lines

General George Patton And his Third Army were able to use the gap to advance Within days American troops and the Free French liberated Paris After 4 years of German occupation

By September of 1944 The allies had liberated all of France, Belgium and Luxumbourg

In the meantime was elected in 1944 for a fourth term Harry Truman was FDR’s VP

The Battle of the Bulge Lasted for 5 weeks The Allies were advancing in Germany Hitler had one last offensive German troops tried to drive through the center of Allied lines They failed but managed to create a bulge in the center

Allied troops Continued east toward Berlin Germans continued to be driven back Remember…the Russians were driving west The people in the camps were liberated as the allies advanced

By April 25th The Soviets took Berlin German soldiers deserted or were shot on sight Hitler and his new wife, Eva Braun were in a hidden bunker underground They were married April 29th

Hitler and Eva Braun Committed suicide the following day She took poison He shot himself Hitler left instructions for the disposal of their bodies They were removed from the bunker and burned in the street

Hitler left a letter To the German people He blamed the Jews for starting the war He blamed his generals for losing the war

Eisenhower Accepted Germany’s unconditional surrender one week later VE Day April 8, 1945 Harry Truman’s 61st Birthday FDR had died in Georgia on April 12th