1. The Turning Point
Lecture 6
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2. Standard
Identify and locate the Allied and Axis powers on a map and discuss the major turning points of the war, the principal theaters of conflict, key strategic decisions, and the resulting war conferences and political resolutions, with emphasis on the importance of geographic factors.

3. Allied Home Fronts Total War Gov. increased their power Women’s role
Rationing
Propaganda/censorship
Women’s role
Rosie the Riveter

4. Tehran Conference (Nov1943)
The “Big Three” began to plan for the end of the war (Distrust)
Winston Churchill – Great Britain Franklin D. Roosevelt – United States Joseph Stalin – U.S.S.R.
Focus~ finish war in Europe then focus on the Pacific

5. Allied Victory in North Africa
Bernard Montgomery vs. Erwin Rommel
Battle of El Alamein~ Halted the Desert Fox
Drove Axis Powers back
Rommels Army surrounded forced to surrender May 1943

6. Invasion of Italy (July 1943)
Allied forces captured Sicily & Southern Italy
After the defeat, Italians overthrew Mussolini and signed an armistice
Fighting continued
Hitler sent in Germans to fight and rescue Mussolini (Busted)
Opened another front for Germany
Sept 3, 1943 Italy surrendered

7. Mussolini & other fascist arrested, beaten, then
hung by the Italians

8. Quiz Lectures 4-6 What does Anti-Semitic mean?
Besides the Jews, what other groups were targeted during the Holocaust?
How many people died during the Holocaust?
What event caused the United States to enter WWII?
What was the Doolittle Raid?
Describe Japanese Internment.
Who were the Big Three and what countries were they from?
What happened to Italy after the invasion?