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Notes Chapter 17 Section 2

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Chapter 17 Section 1 Review

How

did the war create new

opportunities for women and minorities?

How

did scientists help the war effort?

What

did A. Philip Randolph do?

How

did government regulations impact

the lives of civilians?

What

role did Propaganda Posters play in

the war effort? Use examples!

Chapter 17 Section 2
The War for Europe

Breaking it down (0 4:20)

Main

Idea: Allied forces, led by the United

States and Great Britain, battled Axis powers for
control of Europe and North Africa.

Why

it Matters: During World War II, the United

States assumed a leading role in world affairs
that continues today.

What was the Battle of the Atlantic, and how did the Allies win it?

WHAT WAS THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC,

AND HOW DID THE ALLIES WIN IT?
War

Plans

Churchill

convinces FDR to strike

first against Hitler

The

Battle of the Atlantic

Hitler

orders submarine attacks

against supply ships to Britain
wolf

packs destroy hundreds of ships

in 1942

Allies

organize convoys of cargo

ships with escort:
destroyers

with sonar; planes with

radar
Construction

of Liberty ships
(cargo carriers) speeds up

HOW WERE THE ALLIES VICTORIOUS IN THE

SOVIET UNION, NORTH AFRICA, AND ITALY?

The Battle of Stalingrad

Hitler wants to capture Caucasus oil

fields and destroy Stalingrad

Soviets defeat Germans in bitter winter

campaign

Over 230,000 Germans, 1,100,000 Soviets

die

Battle a turning point: Soviet army begins

to move towards Germany

The North African Front

General Dwight D. Eisenhower commands

invasion of North Africa

Afrika Korps, led by General Erwin

Rommel, surrenders May 1943

HOW WERE THE ALLIES VICTORIOUS

IN THE SOVIET UNION, NORTH
AFRICA, AND ITALY?
The Italian Campaign
Allies

decide will accept only

unconditional surrender from Axis

Summer

1943, capture Sicily; Mussolini

forced to resign

1944

Allies win Bloody Anzio; Germans

continue strong resistance

Heroes

in Combat

African

Americans Tuskegee Airmen,

Buffaloeshighly decorated

Mexican-American

soldiers win many

awards
Japanese-American,

Nisei unit most

decorated unit in U.S. history

HOW DID THE ALLIES LIBERATE

EUROPE AND DEFEAT GERMANY?
Eisenhowers

command, 3M troops
from Britain, USA, Canada invade N.
France

Allies

set up phantom army, send fake radio

messages to fool Germans
Operation Overlord June 6th, 1944
D-Day the start of the allied invasion
Parachuted

men behind enemy lines

Next

day troops stormed beach

massacre

Eisenhower

directs Allied invasion of

1. HOW DID THE ALLIES LIBERATE

EUROPE AND DEFEAT
GERMANY?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17jkQeus3uQ D-Day Omaha Beach - memoires

Parachute Jump Team

HOW DID THE ALLIES

LIBERATE EUROPE AND
The
Allies Gain
Ground
DEFEAT
GERMANY?
General

Omar Bradley bombs to create gap in

enemy defense line

General

George Patton leads Third Army, reach

Paris in August

FDR

reelected for 4th term with running mate

Harry S. Truman

HOW DID THE ALLIES LIBERATE

EUROPE AND DEFEAT GERMANY?
The

Battle of the Bulge

October

1944, Allies capture first

German town, Aachen

December

German tank divisions drive

60 miles into Allied area

Battle

of the BulgeGermans push

back but have irreplaceable losses

Liberation

of the Death Camps

Allies

in Germany, Soviets in Poland

liberate concentration camps
find

starving prisoners, corpses, evidence

of killing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHcJtU9dr6I

HOW DID THE ALLIES LIBERATE EUROPE

AND DEFEAT GERMANY?

Unconditional

Surrender

April

1945, Soviet army

storms Berlin;
Hitler commits suicide

Eisenhower

accepts
unconditional surrender
of German Reich

May

8, 1945, V-E Day:

Victory in Europe Day

Roosevelts
FDR

Death

dies April 12; Vice

President Harry S. Truman
becomes president

WAS WORLD WAR II JUSTIFIED BY ITS

RESULTS?

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