1. THE ALLIED VICTORY

2. 1. The Battle of El Alamein
Forced Rommel & his troops to retreat Westward out of Egypt

3. 2. Operation Torch
Landed American troops in North Africa
Crushed Rommel’s ‘Afrika Korps’

4. Marks the farthest point East for German Expansion.
3. Battle of Stalingrad
Marks the farthest point East for German Expansion.
USSR victory begins push westward back toward Germany

5. 4. Invasion of Italy
Allied conquest of Sicily
Forced Italian surrender

6. 5. Propaganda campaigns on home fronts
Rallied people at home to “do their part”

7. 6. D-Day Invasion
June 6, 1944
Led to the liberation of Nazi controlled countries in Western Europe

8. German Offensive forced allies to retreat.
7. Battle of the Bulge
German Offensive forced allies to retreat.
Allies stop the advance. Resulting in heavy losses for Hitler

9. Destroyed Japanese Navy @ the Philippines
8. Battle of Leyte Gulf
Destroyed Japanese the Philippines

10. Part of ‘island hopping’ Heavy Japanese losses
9. Battle of Okinawa
Part of ‘island hopping’
Heavy Japanese losses
Allies closer to invasion of Japanese mainland

11. 10. Bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
August 6, 1945 (8/9/45)
Forced Japanese surrender

12. HIROSHIMA 8 / 6 / 45

13. NAGASAKI 8 / 9 / 45