1. The War for Europe and North Africa
Chapter 17, Section 2

2. Britain and America
December 1941 Winston Churchill and FDR meet to discuss war plans
First they need to control the Atlantic
Take out the U-Boats
Create convoys
Eastern Front and Mediterranean
The Battle of Stalingrad
Crushed the German advance in Russia
Started August 1942 and ended January 1942
Devastating battle: Germany lost: ~500,000 USSR: 1.1 million
Now the USSR will take the offensive

3. Other Campaigns
Stalin wanted a second front, this would draw the Germans away from the USSR
Dwight D Eisenhower was award the role of supreme commander of Allied forces
North Africa (Operation Torch)
British vs. German
Montgomery vs. Rommel
Later the Americans join and push the Germans out

4. Other Campaigns Italy (Operation Torch)
The Americans and British capture the island of Sicily with relative ease
The Italian people became upset and forced the dictator Benito Mussolini to step down
Hitler bails him out
Once the Allies hit mainland Italy, everything slows to a crawl

5. In Action Tuskegee Airmen Buffaloes Mexican Americans
African American combat pilots
Their unit was award the highest military medal twice
Buffaloes
African American infantry unit that won many wards
Mexican Americans
Segregated units, the 141st Regiment, 36th Division will be one of the most decorated of the war

6. Allies Enter Europe D-Day (Operation Overlord)
The landing at Normandy, France
British, America, and Canadian troops
Gold, Juno, and Sword beaches taken by British and Canadian forces (light combat)
Utah and Omaha were taken by the Americans
Omaha (brutal fighting, you can see it in Saving Private Ryan)

7. Breakout Allies are closing in on Germany from two fronts
Largest tank battle in world history?
Americans and British take control of France
Big question: head north or directly to Berlin?
Operation Market Garden: push to free the Netherlands
Battle of the Bulge: last major German counter-assault in the west

8. Breakout Liberation of the Nazi Death Camps
The Soviets discovered them first in Poland (a majority of them are located in Poland)
June 1944 the Soviets close on the first discovered death camp
The Nazis tried to burn the evidence, but ran out of time
The Soviets found thousands of starving prisoners

9. Hitler
During the Allied advance across Europe Hitler ordered “no retreat”
He spent most of April in his bunker in Berlin
On April 29,1945
He married his long time girlfriend Eva Braun
Wrote his final address to the people of Germany (still blamed the Jews for everything)
The following day Eva and Adolf committed suicide. The Nazis in the bunker to their bodies outside and burned them with gasoline

10. V-E Day Victory in Europe!
May 8, 1945 the German command surrendered to the USSR
However Roosevelt did not see the fall of Hitler or the Third Reich
He died April 12, 1945
Harry Truman will take over as President