1. Chapter 32: World War II p4

2. Essential Questions: 1.Describe Hitler’s original method for reaching racial purification in Germany. How did this method change and eventually lead to the Holocaust? 2.Explain the aftermath and impact of WWII on the world.

3. Section Four: The Allied Victory

4. I. The Tide Turns on Two Fronts A. The North African Campaign As US joined war, Allies decided they would accept nothing short of total surrender of Axis forces US sent troops to help British in North Africa under direction of American general Dwight D. Eisenhower combined American & British forces able to beat Axis forces into retreat

5. B. The Battle for Stalingrad Aug 1942 Hitler ordered attack on Soviet industrial city of Stalingrad Luftwaffe began nightly bombing raids by early Nov, Germans controlled 90% of the ruined city winter set in & Soviets mounted a counterattack, cut off German supplies Hitler refused retreat, lost over 250,000 men in Battle of Stalingrad- turning point in war= Germany in continuous retreat

6. Battle of Stalingrad Puts German in Retreat

7. C. Invasion of Italy July 10th, 1943- Allied forces invaded Sicily and captured it from Axis power This toppled Mussolini from power and forced Italians to surrender Next, Allies focused on defeating the Germans and Japanese Allied Goals: Italy Germany Japan

8. II. Victory in Europe A. The D-Day Invasion 1943 Allies began to secretly build a force to invade occupied France across English Channel May 1944 invasion force ready- Hitler knew invasion was coming but didn’t know where they would land

9. to fool Nazis, Allies made a huge “phantom army” complete w/ fake tanks, a headquarters, & fake secret documents discovered by Nazis all pointing to invasion point being French city of Calais

10. Code named Operation Overlord, the real invasion planned to be at beaches of Normandy, France invasion began June 6th, 1944= D-Day Allies suffered great casualties but able to hold beaches A month later Allies marched triumphantly into Paris having retaken France Allies then focused their attention on Germany itself

11. D-day Clip

12. B. The Battle of the Bulge Allied forces move toward Germany from west, Soviets advanced from east in a desperate move, Hitler launched all his power at Allied forces in the west= Battle of the Bulge Germans temporarily broke through a weak section of Allied line but were quickly pushed back Germans failed and were forced to retreat back into Germany

13. Battle of the Bulge

14. C. Germany’s Unconditional Surrender After Battle of the Bulge the war in Europe rapidly drew to a close March 1945, Allied forces entered Germany, began final push toward capital of Berlin By April 1945, Allied forces surrounded Berlin, began bombing the city April 30 th, 1945 Hitler committed suicide May 9 th, 1945 official surrender of the Third Reich announced= V-E-Day, Victory in Europe Day

15. III. Victory in the Pacific Although war in Europe over, Allies still fighting Japanese in Pacific As Allied forces pushed closer to Japan, Japanese resorted to use of kamikazes- suicide pilots who crash planes into Allied ships Allied Goals: Italy Germany Japan

16. June 1945, after bitter fighting, US troops take island of Okinawa, 350 miles south of Japan next stop is Allied invasion of Japan- US estimated that a land invasion of Japan would cost half a million US lives

17. President Truman had to decide whether to use a powerful new weapon called the atomic bomb (A- bomb) developed by top secret Manhattan Project in the US US warned Japan to surrender, they did not respond, US decided to drop atomic bomb on Japanese city of Hiroshima

18. 3 days later another atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki bombs killed appx. 150,000 ppl immediately, many more killed by radiation fallout after the bombs Japanese finally surrendered on Sept 2nd, 1945- VJ day WWII was over Allied Goals: Italy Germany Japan

20. WWII Timeline Put the following events in chronological order on a timeline Need month and year for each event 1.Battle of Britain 2.German invasion of Austria 3.Mussolini takes control of Italy 4.Japan invades Manchuria 5.German invasion of Poland- start of WWII 6.Japan surrenders- end of WWII 7. Germany surrenders 8. Attack on Pearl Harbor 9. D-day 10. Italy surrenders