1. Aim: Describe the Allied Strategy in Europe

2. The Tide on Two Fronts
Dec 22, 1941: Churchill and FDR met at the White House to develop a joint war policy
Stalin wanted them to open a second front against Germany in the west
Strategy would split the Germans’ strength by forcing them to fight major battles in 2 regions
Churchill wanted Britain and the United States to strike first at North Africa & Southern Europe
Late 1942: Allies began to turn the tide of war both in the Mediterranean and on the Eastern Front
Nov 8: Allied force of 100,000 landed in Morocco & Algeria
General Eisenhower led this force 2

3. Battle for Stalingrad & Invasion of Italy
German armies met their match in the Soviet Union
Summer 1942: Hitler sent his Sixth Army to seize the oil fields in the Caucasus Mountains & capture Stalingrad
Aug 23: Battle of Stalingrad began
Luftwaffe went on night bombing raids
Nov 19: Soviet troops outside the city launched counterattack & trapped the Germans
Feb 2, 1943: German troops surrendered to the Soviets
Invasion of Italy
Roosevelt & Churchill decided to attack Italy
July 10, 1043: Allied forces landed on Sicily
Conquest of Italy toppled Mussolini
Sept 3: Italy Surrendered
Fighting continued in Italy with the Germans 3

4. The Allied Home Fronts
In war-torn countries like the Soviet Union & Britain, civilians endured hardships
Americans produced weapons & equipment to help win the war
Factories converted peacetime operations to wartime production of machine guns and boots
American government rationed scarce items (meat & sugar)
Rationing more drastic in European countries
Allied governments conducted highly effective propaganda campaigns to inspire
Feb 1942: Japanese Americans into internment camps & considered threat 4