1. Allied Turning Points in WWII

2. Warm Up What event thrust the United States into WWII?
What benefits does the US entry in to war bring?

4. Allied War Front Entry of US added strength to Allies
1942: Big 3 agree to finish war in Europe before turning attention to Asia
Home front: Total war
Factories produce resources for war effort
Gov’t censorship & propaganda
Decrease in civil liberties (ex-US Japanese Internment camps)

6. Turning Points Battle of Alamein: North Africa
With help from American forces advancing from the west, the Allies trapped Rommel’s army in 1943, & he surrendered
Allies could now attack Europe from N. Africa
Head towards Italy

7. Invasion of Italy Great Britain & US send troops into Italy
Italians overthrow Mussolini but Hitler sends troops to Italy to restore his power
Weakened Hitler’s forces in Western Europe

8. Battle of Stalingrad Hitler & Stalin were both determined to win
Russian troops and freezing winter caused German troops to surrender
Red Army drove Germans out of the SU & then began advancing towards Germany

9. The Allies Liberate Rome June 5, 1944

10. Invasion of Normandy
1944-Allies were ready to open a 2nd front in Europe w/invasion of France
Dwight Eisenhower was allied commander
D-Day, June 6th 1944, Allies storm beaches of France.
They broke through German defenses to advance toward Paris and freed France from German control
Allies then moved from France into Germany

11. Operation Overlord
General Dwight Eisenhower gives the order for D-Day

12. Normandy Landing June 6, 1944

13. Battle of the Bulge: Hitler’s last offensive
Dec. 16, 1944 to Jan. 28, 1945

14. Battle of the Bulge
Dec. 16, 1944: Last German offensive Jan. 16, 1945: Bloodiest battle of the war & Germany loses
Feb. 4, 1945: Yalta Conference-Big 3 meet (FDR, Churchill, & Stalin)
U.S. and Britain agree to allow Stalin to control Eastern Europe after the war ends.

15. The End of Mussolini & Hitler
March 1945: German forces retreat into Germany as U.S. troops cross the Rhine on the country's Western Front.
April 1945: Mussolini and his mistress are hung in Milan
April 30, 1945: As Soviet forces from the Eastern Front encircle Berlin, Hitler, in a bombproof bunker, poisons his mistress, Eva Braun, and shoots himself. Their bodies are hastily cremated in a garden.

16. Hitler Commits Suicide

17. Victory in Europe (V.E. Day): May 8, 1945
Now the Allies had to turn their attention to the Pacific Theater