14:4 Striking Germany and Italy Casablanca Conference Roosevelt and Churchill decide to step up bombing of Germany Goals: Destroy German industrial output Destroy German economy Undermine morale of German people
14:4 Striking the “soft underbelly” Churchill believed Italy would surrender easily Allied troops invade Sicily (July, 1943) Allied General: Dwight D. Eisenhower Patton and British General Montgomery head land forces Germans abandon Sicily Allies take Italy year later
14:4 The Tehran Conference Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin Russia would attack Germans when Allies took France Divide Germany after the war Russia would help US against Japan Create an international peacekeeping organization after the war
14:4 Operation Overlord Allies plan for taking France Led by General Eisenhower 1,500,000 American soldiers 12,000 airplanes 5 million tons of equipment
14:4 “D”- Day Name given to day Operation Overlord began June 6, 1944 Largest amphibious operation in history 7,000 ships carrying 100,000 soldiers 23,000 paratroopers
14:4 Driving Japan Back Navy starts “Island Hopping” campaign
14:4 Japan begins Kamikaze attacks Kamikaze means “divine wind” Pilots flew planes into ships