1. Chapter 25-2: The War for Europe and North Africa

2. February 1943: End of Battle of Stalingrad  Stalingrad: Prevented Germany from taking over the Soviet Union  Marked the point from which the Soviet Army began to move westward toward Germany

3. May 1943: End of Operation Torch  Operation Torch placed the Allies in control of North Africa  Gave the Allies a place to launch an attack against Italy

4. Mid- 1943: Victory in Battle of the Atlantic  Victory of the Battle of the Atlantic safeguarded allied shipping of war materials to Europe

5. June 1944: Operation Overlord (D-Day)  Allied invasion of Europe (Normandy, France)  The liberation of Europe from Nazi occupation begins http://video.search.yahoo.co m/video/play?p=PRIMO+VIC TORIA&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t- 701&vid=0001372754239

6. July 1944: Liberation of Majdanek  First death camp liberated by the Allies 800,000 pairs of shoes were found at the Majdanek camp

7. August 1944: Liberation of France  France freed from 4 years of Nazi occupation German POWs paraded through Paris, August 25, 1944

8. October 1944: Capture of Aachen  First German town captured by the Americans German POWs after the fall of Aachen to the Allies

9. January 1945: End of Battle of the Bulge  The last major battle in Europe  From this point on, Germany could do little but retreat http://memory.loc.gov/amm em/collections/maps/wwii/es say1.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =iCgc8hTlRbM&feature=related

10. Spring 1945: End of Italian Campaign  Resulted in freedom for Italy from Nazi occupation  Resulted in the execution of Mussolini who was shot and then hung for the public to see

11. May 1945: V-E Day  Victory in Europe: The unconditional surrender of Germany and the end of the war in Europe

12. Important People  Dwight D. Eisenhower: American general who commanded the invasion of North Africa and the D-Day invasion  George Patton: American general who led his Third Army in liberating Paris, France  Harry S. Truman: 33 rd President (Becomes President after FDR dies in April of 1945)