1. How do the Allies defeat the Axis Powers?
The Allied Victory
How do the Allies defeat the Axis Powers?

2. I. D-Day: Invasion of Normandy (European War) “Operation Overlord”
A. Eisenhower is named Allied Supreme Commander in Europe
B. June : Allies launch an invasion of the beaches in N. France
1.150K allied troops land = D-Day
2. July-Aug: Germany retreating
Great Britain

3. Map Time! D-Day C. Aug 25: Allied Army liberates Paris.
D. Allied (Br. & U.S.) army pushes Germany east
C. Aug 25: Allied Army liberates Paris.
E. Soviet army slowly pushing west, liberating concentration camps
Map Time!
D-Day
Battle of the Bulge
F. Dec 1944: last ditch attempt, Hitler decides to counterattack in the West
1. Battle of the Bulge = last German offensive
2. Jan 1945:Allied troops win Battle of Bulge

4. Suicide Suicide Suicide
G. April 30: Hitler and his closest associates are in his private bunker
1. Hitler & Braun (gf) commit suicide
2. Goebbels & Himmler commit suicide
H. May 7, 1945: Germany unconditionally surrenders to Eisenhower (VE- Day!)
1. Nuremberg trials held to determine guilt of those Nazis captured
Suicide
Suicide
Suicide

5. Map Time! Iwo Jima Okinawa II. The Pacific War
A. March 1945: After a month of bitter fighting, Allies take Iwo Jima
B. Next, Allies take island of Okinawa, 350 miles south of Japan
1. 100K Japanese & 12K Allied troops killed in a month and a half of fighting
C. Japan still refuses to surrender. Allies preparing for a full-scale invasion of Japan
Map Time!
Iwo Jima
Okinawa