1. Ending WWII

2. Changing Momentum
Operation Torch – Dwight D Eisenhower defeats German troops in North Africa.
Battle of Stalingrad – Only 90,000 of 330,000 Germans survived the winter before surrender – 1 million Soviet deaths.
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Italy is invaded, Mussolini is found in disguises, killed & hung in Milan.

3. D-Day Invasion – June
3 million troops landed in Normandy France.
Germans were dug in = huge losses, but Allies held the beaches.
Eventually fought through German lines.
Aug. 25 – Germany surrendered Paris & France was liberated.
Soon followed by Belgium & Luxembourg

5. Battle of the Bulge & Surrender
Hitler ordered a counter attack in Norther France. – Dec
Desperate for a last win.
German tanks pushed through American lines (causing a bulge)…
Allies recovered and pushed Germans back.
No reinforcements = retreat and loss
Hitler, surrounded, killed himself- Germany surrendered May 7, 1945
V-E Day – Victory in Europe

6. The Pacific
Japan lost most of its navy to the U.S., but kamikaze pilots still a problem.
U.S. began taking Japanese islands
Took major islands all around Japan, but the nation would not surrender.
President Truman decided to drop the atomic bomb.
Aug. 6, 1945 – Hiroshima – 70,000-80,000 deaths
Aug. 9, 1945 – Nagasaki – 70,000 deaths.
September 2, 1945 – Japan Surrendered.