1. Victory in Europe

2. Early Allied Victories
The Battle for North Africa:
Montgomery (UK) from East & Patton (US) from West force Rommel (Nazi Afrika Korps) to Tunisia on 5/12/1943…Allies take control of Mediterranean!
The Battle of Stalingrad:
City = supply center for Soviets…supplies from US begin to reach Soviets by Fall 1942…Axis surrender in 2/1943…Turning point b/c eastern front collapses!
Early Allied Victories

3. Pushing the Axis Back
At Casablanca Conference(1/43), FDR & Churchill agree to unmercifully bomb Germany & attack through “soft underbelly” – Italy
The Invasion of Italy:
Ike leads invasion in 7/1943…by 9/1943, Italy surrenders (Nazis continue fighting in Italy until 5/1945)
At Tehran Conference(12/43), Big 3 decide USSR from East, Allies from West in 1944, Division of Germany after war, USSR will declare war on Japan 3 mos. after Germany surrenders, and creation of int’l peace-keeping org.

4. D-day Called Operation Overlord…
June 6, ships, 150,000 men, 23,000 paratroopers, 10,000 planes, 6 million tons of supplies attack 5 areas (Utah, Omaha, Juno, Gold, Sword) on Normandy Beach…
120,000 men ashore by the end of the day…1 million ashore by the end of June…Allies retake France by August 1944!
D-day

5. The End in Europe... By 10/1944... Allies retake BE., NL., & LU
Nazis make last stand at Battle of the Bulge…but by 1/1945, Nazis are in full retreat…
At Yalta Conference (2/1945), Big 3 finalize agreement on division of DE, USSR entering war against JP, and peace-keeping org., but struggle to agree on new gov’t in PL…
By 3/1945, Berlin is surrounded…
April 16,1945 – USSR takes Berlin!
April 30, 1945 – Hitler commits suicide!
May 7, 1945 – Nazis surrender!
May 8, 1945 – V-E Day!
Victory in Europe Day
The End in Europe...

6. In closing… What was Rommel’s nickname?
Which country in Europe was called the Nazi empire’s “soft underbelly”?
At the Tehran Conference, when did the USSR agree that they would declare war on Japan?
How many different attack zones were there during the D-day invasion?
From the day they landed, approximately how long did it take the Allies to reclaim FR?
At which battle did the Nazis make their last stand?
Who got to Berlin first – US led forces OR the USSR?