1. Allied Plan for Victory
How did each Allied country plan on defeating the Axis Powers?

2. 1942: Soviet Union joins Allied Powers, Stalin meets Churchill & FDR
Allied Nation
Great Britain
United States
Soviet Union
Leader
Winston Churchill
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Plan for victory
Wants to strike in North Africa first, invade Italy second & invade France later
Agrees with Churchill
Wants to invade France first, forcing Germany to fight two fronts
Actions
Sends Gen. Montgomery back to El Alamein, Egypt
Sends Gens. Eisenhower & Bradley to Morocco and Algeria
Sends Gen. Zhukov to Stalingrad

3. North Africa Campaign
Oct. 1942: Monty attacks Rommel’s troops in El Alamein, Egypt using a frontal attack that catches Germany by surprise.
2. Nov 1942: Rommel must retreat west
3. Nov 1942: Allies launch Operation Torch where Rommel’s retreating troops are met by Eisenhower/Bradley’s troops
Result:May 1943: Germans are sandwiched between British & US forces and German Afrika Corps are defeated - Allies head to Italy

4. Battle of Stalingrad Aug-Nov 1942: Germany controls 90% of the city
2. Nov 19: Stalin tells Zhukov to have troops surround city
3. Germans are cut off from supplies.
Result: Feb 1943: Hitler tells men if they surrender they will be shot! His frostbitten, half-starved men surrender

5. Invasion of Italy
7/9/1943: Allies invade Sicily. Q: What went wrong in Sicily?
2. Sept 3:Allies invade mainland Italy
3. King has Mussolini arrested. Axis powers retreat north
Res:1. Sept ‘43:Mussolini rescued, invasion taking longer than expected
2. April 1945: Allies finally defeat Germans & Italians in Northern Italy
3. Mussolini disguised as a soldier is spotted, is hanged in town square

6. Map Time!
Battle of Stalingrad
Invasion of Italy