1. Allies Plan Victory
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2. Churchill (England) and Roosevelt (US) met to decide to help Stalin (USSR) open a new front in Europe.
Stalin wanted the Allies to attack France and immediately relieve pressure on him, but the Allies started in Africa

3. British General Montgomery attacked and defeated German forces under Rommel at the Battle of El Alamein
Operation Torch- led by Dwight D. Eisenhower- landed forces in Algeria and Morocco and squashed the German Afrika Korps

4. In Russia, the German Army moved into the bomb-ruined city of Stalingrad for the winter, but the Soviets surrounded the city and starved the Germans into surrendering on Feb 1943

5. July Allied forces captured Sicily, Mussolini was fired and arrested, but Germany still controlled northern Italy. Italian King was reinstated and Italy joined Allies
Allies captured Rome in 1944, Mussolini was caught trying to retreat with the Germans in April 1945.
He was shot and his body hung in the Milan town square

6. Life on Allied Home Fronts

7. In the US, factories produced the weapons and equipment for war.
The government rationed meat, sugar, tire, gasoline, nylon stockings, laundry soap, and more.
Government sold war stamps and bonds to finance the war

8. Prejudice against Japanese arose in the US post- Pearl Harbor
Internment camps relocated thousands to military locations
The government confiscated their property

9. Allied victory in Europe

10. In 1943, the Allies began building an invasion force in England
June 6, D-Day- Operation Overlord involved thousands of planes, ships, tanks, landing craft, and 3.5 million troops landing on the coast of France at Normandy.

11. Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force!
You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you. In company with our brave Allies and brothers-in-arms on other Fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny over the oppressed peoples of Europe, and security for ourselves in a free world. Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle hardened. He will fight savagely. But this is the year 1944! Much has happened since the Nazi triumphs of The United Nations have inflicted upon the Germans great defeats, in open battle, man-to-man. Our air offensive has seriously reduced their strength in the air and their capacity to wage war on the ground. Our Home Fronts have given us an overwhelming superiority in weapons and munitions of war, and placed at our disposal great reserves of trained fighting men. The tide has turned! The free men of the world are marching together to Victory! I have full confidence in your courage and devotion to duty and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full Victory! Good luck! And let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking. SIGNED: Dwight D. Eisenhower

15. By September, the Allied forces liberated France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and much of the Netherlands
The Allied forces moved in on Germany from the West, while the Soviets moved in from the East

16. Dec 16, Battle of the Bulge- German forces broke through weak American defenses and pushed the Allied line in Ardennes, France, but the Allies pushed back.

17. April 30, Hitler, after marrying long-time companion Eva Braun, and writing a final speech blaming the entire war on the Jews, committed suicide.

18. May 7-8, VE Day (Victory in Europe) General Eisenhower accepted the unconditional surrender of the Germans

19. Victory in the Pacific

20. Iwo Jima and Okinawa were captured by US/Allied forces
After being advised that an invasion of Japan would cost 500,000 US lives, President Truman decided to use the atomic bomb to bring the war to the quickest end.

21. Fat Man
Aug 6, The US dropped an A-bomb on Hiroshima killing 73,000

22. Little Boy
On Aug 9, the US dropped an A-bomb on Nagasaki, killing 37,500
Thousands more died later of radiation

28. Victory in Japan (VJ Day)- General MacArthur accepted the Japanese surrender