WORLD WAR II 1. WWII IN EUROPE-------Allies vs Axis Powers Principles we fought for Big 3 and Military leaders Strategy: Get Hitler First Stalin’s 2nd Front Unconditional surrender Turning point battles---1942 to 1945 Invasion of North Africa El Alamein Stalingrad Invasion of Sicily and Italy D-Day invasion----June 6, 1944 Battle of the Bulge Yalta Conference----Feb. 1945 Three world leaders die in April of 1945 WWII ends in Europe with the Battle for Berlin Germany surrenders, May 2, 1945 Victory in Europe or VE Day---

posters WAR POSTERS

United Nations Allied Powers became the United Nations. Germans surrender to the United Nations to end the war in Europe

AXIS POWERS BY 1942

WWII POLITICAL LEADERS ALLIES AXIS THE BIG THREE WINSTON CHURCHILL—Great Britain FDR---U.S. JOSEPH STALIN---Soviet Union BENITO MUSSOLINI ADOLF HITLER HIDEKI TOJO WWII POLITICAL

Big Three BIG THREE Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin FDR Relationship between the Big Three was “shaky” to say the least….. “The enemy of my enemy, is my friend”

BIG THREE Big 3 Stalin upset with the FDR and Churchill because they took their time establishing a “2nd Front” in Western Europe while Russian soldiers were being massacred by the Germans………...

WAR CONFERENCES Date Place Participants Decisions Dec. 1941 to Jan. 1942 June 1942 War Production, shipping, aid for China, diversion of German strength from Eastern Front and a North African invasion. Washington Conference 1st 2nd FDR Winston Churchill Big 2 Plans for invasion of Sicily and to step up Pacific War…D-day invasion in 1944 onto French coast. Unconditional Surrender of Germany FDR Winston Churchill Big 2 Jan. 1943 Casablanca Conference 1st time “Big 3” meet. Stalin demands 2nd front onto French coast…. Date of D-day invasion decided… General Eisenhower appointed as commander of Allies FDR Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Big 3 Nov. 1943 Teheran Conference

WWII MILITARY LEADERS 4 Star, US General Dwight Eisenhower Graduate of West Point Commanded Allied invasion on North Africa in 1942 Named Supreme Allied Commander and in charge of D-Day. WWII Military Leaders

Tank commander and commander of the 7th Army WWII MILITARY LEADERS General George Patton Graduate of West Point Tank commander and commander of the 7th Army Germans feared Patton “ole blood and guts” WWII Military Leaders

WWII MILITARY LEADERS General Bernard Montgomery British commanding officer Defeated Rommel at El Alamein Patton and Montgomery did not like one another WWII Military Leaders

WWII MILITARY LEADERS German General Erwin Rommel German tank commander known as the “Desert Fox” Implicated in attempt to kill Hitler and would be forced to commit suicide. WWII Military Leaders

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Attack Hitler’s “soft underbelly”

Stalin’s 2nd front

Attack Hitler’s “soft underbelly” TURNING POINT BATTLES 1942 Allied invasion of North Africa El Alamein Attack Hitler’s “soft underbelly”

The North Africa Campaign: The Battle of El Alamein, 1942 Gen. Ernst Rommel, The “Desert Fox” Gen. Bernard Law Montgomery (“Monty”)

Attack Hitler’s “soft underbelly” TURNING POINT BATTLES 1942 Allied invasion of North Africa El Alamein Attack Hitler’s “soft underbelly” 1943 Battle of Stalingrad.

Battle of Stalingrad: Winter of 1942-1943 German Army Russian Army 1,011,500 men 1,000,500 men 10,290 artillery guns 13,541 artillery guns 675 tanks 894 tanks 1,216 planes 1,115 planes Stalin orders his troops to the “scorched earth policy” Germans are surrounded at Stalingrad and supply lines are cut by the Russians. Germans surrender to Soviets.

Attack Hitler’s “soft underbelly” TURNING POINT BATTLES 1942 Allied invasion of North Africa El Alamein Attack Hitler’s “soft underbelly” 1943 Battle of Stalingrad. Allied invasion of Sicily

The Italian Campaign [“Operation Torch”] : Europe’s “Soft Underbelly” Allies plan assault on weakest Axis area - North Africa - Nov. 1942-May 1943 George S. Patton leads American troops Germans trapped in Tunisia - surrender over 275,000 troops.

The Battle for Sicily: June, 1943 General George S. Patton

The Allies Liberate Rome: June 5, 1944

United Nations Allied Powers became the United Nations. Germans surrender to the United Nations to end the war in Europe