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The allied victory part 1 16.4

North Africa Campaign Stalin asked allies to attack in West (France) to relieve pressure from East (Soviet) Instead, allies attacked North Africa/Southern Europe Oct 1942: Battle of El Alamein (surprise) pushed Rommel back Nov 8: Launched Operation Torch Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower crushed Rommel’s Afrika Korps by May 1943

The Battle of Stalingrad 1942: Germans try to seize oil fields and capture Stalingrad Aug 1942: Battle begins and Luftwaffe bombed nightly Nov 1942 (winter): Russians counterattacked and trapped Germans/supplies Feb 1943: 90,000 out of 330,000 Germans surrendered Germans now on the defensive

Invasion of Italy July 1943: Allies capture Sicily Sept 1943: Italy surrenders Germany takes northern Italy/puts Mussolini back in power Allies took most of Italy in 1944 Mussolini killed in 1945 Fighting continues until war ends

Home Front Civilians contributed to war effort (total war) Factories converted Women worked in factories and as nurses Rationing Propaganda Savings bonds

War Limits Civil Rights Prejudice against Japanese b/c of ancestry Feb 1942: FDR issues executive order calling for the internment of Japanese Americans Rounded up and sent to internment camps Two-thirds were Nisei – native born American citizens