1. Major Battles
MR. MiZE

2. EUROPEAN FRONT: Before U.S. Enters the War
BATTLE OF BRITAIN 1940
Hitler knew he couldn’t defeat the British Navy
Began this battle as an air war (Luftwaffe)
Worked well at first…
British develop superior aircraft
Begin bombing German cities while Germany bombed England at night.

3. London-
“The Blitz”

5. The New Normal in London…
**Based on the picture to the left of a London Subway Station during WWII answer the following questions… 1. What does this picture tell of the London people? 2. What does the picture show about conditions in London during WWII? 3. Could Americans pull together like this? Explain.

6. Now that the entire picture is shown, what do you See, Think, Wonder
VT – What do you See, Think, Wonder
See – I see a little girl enjoying her childhood
Think – I think people did what they could to avoid thinking about the war
Wonder – I wonder how much she knew about what was going on in terms of WWII
Now that the entire picture is shown, what do you See, Think, Wonder

7. WHERE DO WE START?
EUROPE
NORTH AFRICA
ASIA (PACIFIC)

8. Hitler Was Everywhere!

9. FRONTS EUROPE: PACIFIC: ALLIES TAKE ON GERMANY: GOAL: TO DEFEAT THEM
DEFENSIVE
DEFEAT NAZIS FIRST

10. Chapter 29; Section 3 Main Ideas
Main Idea #1: Allied Powers implemented “total war”
Main Idea #2: Allies win major battles on each of the 4 fronts
Main Idea #3: Allied achieve success on the Western and Eastern Front and met at Berlin

11. Section 3; The Allies Turn the Tide, but prior to 1942 the German and Japanese War machines were on the brink of winning WWII
All-Out War (total war) for the Allied Powers turned the tide in favor of the Allies
Governments Increase Power to get the maximum war effort by taking more control over the economy (factories began making tanks rather than refrigerators, prices and wages were regulated), society (rationing of goods and selling war bonds, limited the rights of citizens, and imprisoned Japanese Americans and Canadians)
Women Help Win the War as women left the home and began to work in factories to help with the war effort(“Rosie the Riveter” came to symbolize U.S. women’s efforts)

12. NORTH AFRICAN FRONTS OFFENSIVE FIGHT
DECIDE NOT TO HELP SOVIETS INSTEAD STICK TO PLAN TO ATTACK FROM NORTH AFRICA INTO SICILY
ROOSEVELT AND CHURCHILL MEET IN MOROCCO: 1943

13. MAY 1943: AXIS TROOPS SURRENDER AFRICA
NORTH AFRICAN BATTLES
OPERATION TORCH
NOVEMBER 1942
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
MOROCCO & ALGERIA FIRST FALL AS THEY HAVE GERMAN PUPPET GOVT
TUNISIA: ROMMEL(THE DESERT FOX) AND HIS AFRIKA CORPS
MAY 1943: AXIS TROOPS SURRENDER AFRICA

14. European Battles
Eisenhower plans attacks on Italy after success in N. Africa with help of British
Campaign begins June 1943
-Sicily
-Anzio
-Rome
Mussolini forced to resign in August 1943

16. European Front
April 29, Mussolini and 15 other fascist leaders are executed and hanged in the Piazzale Loreto in Milan.

17. THIS DECISION WILL COST THE U.S. FUTURE RELATIONS WITH SOVIETS.
Stalingrad
MAJOR BATTLES: Battle of Stalingrad
SOVIETS BATTLE GERMANS AT STALINGRAD- AUGUST
Bloodiest standoff on the war
Over one million casualties: 199 days
Allies decided to let Russia fight on their own
THIS DECISION WILL COST THE U.S. FUTURE RELATIONS WITH SOVIETS.

19. EUROPEAN FRONT AND BATTLES
OPERATION OVERLORD (D-DAY)
FDR
STALIN
CHURCHILL
MEET TO PLAN INVASION ACROSS ENGLISH CHANNEL
NORMANDY
GERMANS EXPECTED THEM TO ATTACK ELSEWHERE AT CALAIS

20. EUROPEAN BATTLES NORMANDY, FRANCE (D-DAY) LARGEST AMPHIBIOUS INVASION
JUNE 6, 1944
*Code Breakers intercept Axis correspondence*
150,000 ALLIED SOLDIERS
600 WARSHIPS
GENERAL DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER/Rommel for Germans
BY JULY: ALLIED FORCES IN FRANCE WAS OVER 1 MILLION
HITLER HESITATES TO FIGHT BACK

22. D-DAY INVASION OF NORMANDY
World War II
D-DAY
INVASION
OF NORMANDY

23. WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW?
NAZIS CONTINUE TO FIGHT THROUGH AIR ATTACKS 1943 & 1944
OPERATION OVERLORD: DRIVE THE NAZIS OUT OF FRANCE AND HEAD THEM TOWARDS DEFEAT AT HOME
JUNE 6, 1944
LARGEST AMPHIBIOUS INVASION
(INVASION BY SEA)

24. WHERE DID THIS TAKE PLACE?
60 MILE STRETCH OF NORMANDY COAST (NORTHERN FRENCH COAST)
HITLER CAUGHT UNAWARE: THOUGHT ATTACK WOULD BE FURTHER UP THE COAST AT CALAIS
326,000 SOLDIERS LAND THE FIRST WEEK, 50,000 VEHICLES, 100,000 TONS OF SUPPLIES

25. THE BEACHES
CODE NAMES:
JUNO
GOLD
OMAHA
UTAH
SWORD

26. WHO WAS INVOLVED? AMERICAN LEADER: DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
GERMAN LEADER: ROMMEL
SOLDIERS
AMERICAN
CANADIAN
BRITISH
GERMAN

28. D-Day
American soldiers wading through water into Nazi machine-gun fire on the coast of France.

29. European Front Battle of the Bulge
When? – December 16, 1944
Where? – border areas near Luxembourg, France and Germany
Results? – The Germans began a counterattack against the Allies as the Allies attempted to drive the Germans completely out of France.
Importance? – Germans begin retreat signaling their defeat.
First time allies will enter Germany since war started
First time allies will see concentration camps

30. · V-E Day (Victory in Europe)May 8, 1945
BATTLE OF THE BULGE (BELGIUM)
LAST GERMAN OFFENSIVE OF WWII
DECEBMER 1944
CLEARED WAY TO GERMANY
SOVIETS ATTACK FROM THE EAST
AMERICANS FROM THE WEST
TIED DOWN HUGE AMOUNTS OF ALLIED RESOURCES
TAKE GERMANY

31. Red army soldiers raising the Soviet flag on the roof of the Reichstag (German Parliament) in Berlin, Germany.

32. Churchill waves to crowds in Britain after broadcasting to the nation that the war with Germany had been won,

33. V-E Day Celebrations in New York City, May 8, 1945.

34. V-E Day celebrations, Bay Street, Toronto, Canada May 7, 1945

35. VE-Day Parade, Red Square, Moscow, Russis

36. ASIAN FRONT DEFENSIVE FRONT AGAINST JAPAN
JAPAN HAD TAKEN OVER GUAM, WAKE, SINGAPORE AND PHILIPPINES
How do we get them back?

37. Island Hopping The two main goals of the U.S. in the Pacific were:
I. to regain the Philippines.
II. to invade Japan.
The U.S. began a policy of island hopping, using islands as stepping-stones towards Japan.

38. ASIAN FRONT February of 1945
The U.S. recaptured the Philippines, Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima: depicts five United States Marines and a U.S. Navy corpsman raising the flag of the United States atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima.

39. ASIAN FRONT: THE TIDE TURNS
BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA
-JAPAN WANTS TO TAKE AUSTRALIA
-May 1942
-Japan loses
-Japanese naval aviation begins to decline.

40. ASIAN FRONT CONTINUED MIDWAY ISLAND
-CODE BREAKERS READY AMERICANS FOR THE ATTACK.
TAKE OUT FOUR OF FIVE JAPANESE CARRIERS
It limited Japan's ability to attack Hawaii again or other Allied positions.

41. OTHER ASIAN BATTLES
MORE BLOODY BATTLES:
-GUADALCANAL
SOLOMON ISLANDS
AMERICANS CUT OFF JAPANESE SUPPLY LINES
Became military base from which to counterattack the Japanese
IWO JIMA
OKINAWA
HEAVY CASUALTIES ON BOTH SIDES IN THESE BATTLES
VICTORY IN THESE ISLANDS WIL BE KEY TO ALLIED VICTORY IN JAPAN