1. U.S. & ENGLAND WORK CLOSELY TOGETHER

2. MAJOR MILITARY LEADERS:
GEN. GEORGE MARSHALL
GEN. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

3. 1ST MAJOR DECISION DEFEAT HITLER FIRST.......
ALL OUT AGAINST JAPAN (AFTER HITLER)

4. 2 MAIN REASONS FOR THIS STRATEGY
Germany might crush Soviets
Once Germany defeated, Allies could join together & take Japan

5. ONLY ACCEPT "UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER"
2ND MAJOR DECISION?
ONLY ACCEPT "UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER"

6. SOME BELIEVE: AXIS FOUGHT HARDER & LONGER

7. ALLIES USE CONVOYS

8. LEAVES ATLANTIC COAST LARGELY UNPROTECTED
--->MANY SUB ATTACKS

9. "POLAR BEAR ROUTE" TO MURMANSK

10. Scorched Earth Policy Was Successful
SPRING OF 1942
Germans stall outside Lenningrad & Moscow
Scorched Earth Policy Was Successful

11. GERMANS HEAD TOWARD OIL FIELDS IN THE CAUCASUS MTNS.

12. SOVIETS Counterattack in Nov. 42
SUMMER OF '42 HITLER ----> TOWARD STALINGRAD
SOVIETS Counterattack in Nov. 42

13. Soviets Win Despite Heavy Losses
91,000 Germans Captured End of Jan. '43
(Orig. 500,000)

14. ******************* TURNING POINT IN EASTERN FRONT *******************

15. Stalin Wants Allies to Open Western Front
OPERATION TORCH
November 8, 1942
Allies Invade North Africa

16. German Gen. Rommel
&
British Gen. Montgomery &
Gen. Eisenhower

17. May 12, 1943
Axis Lose Africa & Mediterranean

18. Allies Attack Underbelly of Europe
Italy
Yugoslavia
E. Europe

19. OCTOBER '43 - MAY '44
MAJOR BOMBING OF GERMANY

20. BY JUNE OF 1944,
ALLIES HAVE 30:1 RATIO IN AIR SUPERIORITY

21. LARGEST LAND-SEA OPERATION OF ALL TIME
OPERATION OVERLORD
JUNE 6, 1944
LARGEST LAND-SEA OPERATION OF ALL TIME

22. BATTLE OF THE BULGE
DECEMBER (due to major Pogonip)

23. Soviet & American Troops Meet
APRIL 25, 1945
ELBE RIVER
Soviet & American Troops Meet

24. APRIL 30, 1945
HITLER SHOT HIMSELF

25. MAY 7, 1945
GERMANS SURRENDER

26. V-E DAY VICTORY IN EUROPE
MAY 8, 1945
V-E DAY VICTORY IN EUROPE