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North Africa to Italy to France to Germany War in Europe North Africa to Italy to France to Germany

North Africa Stalin wants an invasion of Western Europe to relieve pressure England & USA invade North Africa instead November 1942: 107,000 troops land in North Africa Led by Dwight D. Eisenhower May 1943: German’s surrender General Erwin Rommel “The Desert Fox” goes to Europe See him again on D-Day

Italian Campaign 1943: FDR & Churchill meet in Casablanca FDR wants cross channel invasion of France and push through to Germany Churchill wants to attack “Europe’s soft underbelly”: Italy Allies invade & capture island of Sicily July 1943: King of Italy strips Mussolini of his power Italians rejoice that the war is over Hitler disagrees & seizes control of Italy & reinstates Mussolini 18 more months of fighting to drive Germany out of Italy Mussolini is captured April 1945 & executed & body hung upside down in Milan

D-Day – June 6, 1944 General Eisenhower organizes massive invasion of France American & British Paratroopers land behind German lines to prevent reinforcements 156,000 troops, 4,000 landing craft, 600 warships, 11,000 planes 5 beach heads: American: Omaha, Utah English/Canadian: Gold, Sword, Juno 10,000 casualties Allies hold onto beachhead and break out in July Liberate Paris in July September 1944: Germans driven out of France, Belgium, Luxembourg & Netherlands

Battle of the Bulge October 1944: Allies invade Germany Hitler plans one final attack to stop invasion Americans ignore intelligence reports of attack December 1944: 300,000 German troops attack American lines The dent in the line resembles a bulge or bubble American units surrounded and hold on for a month 101st Airborne refuses surrender Germany finally pushed back Lost 120,000 men, 600 tanks and 1,600 planes Nothing to do but retreat

Unconditional Surrender April 25 1945: Soviets storm Berlin Deserting Germans are executed Soviet soldiers rape & murder civilians April 29 1945: Hitler marries Eva Braun, write farewell blaming Jews for the war and generals for losing it & kills himself Bodies are removed from bunker & burned A week later Germany surrenders unconditionally to Eisenhower May 8: VE Day