Ww II: Europe and North Africa Great Britain and the usa winston Churchill
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- Germany vs. the USSR: The Eastern Front
- Battle of Stalingrad
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Page Name:________________________________________________ Date:_____________ Class:____________ WW II: Europe and North Africa Great Britain and the USA Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister of Britain, and FDR agreed to attack in Europe first, even though it was Japan that attacked the USA at Pearl Harbor. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Eventually, despite the submarines, the USA’s intervention turned the momentum of the Battle of the Atlantic in favor of the Allies. Germany vs. the USSR: The Eastern Front In 1941, Germany broke the Nonaggression Pact with the USSR and invaded the Soviet Union. Yet, the winter weather stopped the Nazis from advancing. In the summer of 1942, Hitler tried to go further and take Russian oil field areas. At the Battle of Stalingrad, in 1943, the Nazis became trapped by the USSR. Hitler wanted the industry of the city to be controlled by the Nazis. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Operation Torch: The North African Front Stalin urged Britain and the USA to invade Western Europe. Yet, the USA and Britain were not ready for such an assault against Nazi occupied Europe. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ They entered through Casablanca, Oran, and Algiers. General Erwin Rommel led the Afrika Korps for Nazi Germany. He was defeated by the Allies in May of 1943. The Allies Invade Italy After taking Northern Africa, in the Summer 1943, the Allies gained Sicily, an island off the coast of Italy. Now, they were ready to take the Italian peninsula. In June of 1943, King Victor Emmanuel II removed Mussolini from power. The 99th Pursuit Squadron, called the Tuskegee Airmen, an all African American squadron, helped to take Italy. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Operation Overlord Eisenhower also led this operation. On 6/6/1944, D-Day, the invasion of Normandy, commenced. Allied troops stormed the beaches of France to liberate the French from Germany. Over one million troops landed within one month. General Omar Bradley led Operation Cobra, the Allies’ march beyond Normandy. George Patton led his Third Army and took the Seine River area south of Paris. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Battle of the Bulge The Allies were pushing the Nazis back to Germany. Hitler sent troops to the Belgian port of Antwerp to break supply lines. He was trying to violently rush into the region and take it. Germany lost over 100,000 troops and they never took Antwerp. This was a failure for the Nazis and it was clear the Allies were going to push them all the way back to Germany. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Victory for the Allies The Soviets were the first to discover the death camps. Massive crematories, dead bodies, and other proofs remained of the wicked actions of the Holocaust. In April of 1945, the Soviets invaded Berlin and attacked. Hitler left a suicide note. However, his body was never found. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Copyright, USHistoryTeachers.com All Rights Reserved. Directory: cms -> lib -> CO02201754 -> Centricity -> Domain -> 167 lib -> 1. naclo 2015 – North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad lib -> 1. naclo 2017 – North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad lib -> Chem I honors Unit 2 Notes: Numbers in Chemistry Measurement lib -> Sanderson High School ap human Geography Summer Assignment 2016 lib -> Find fantastic ousd elementary music programs lib -> American Studies Pacing Calendar 2014-2015 lib -> The ap history Timeline 8000bce-the Present lib -> Absolutism in Europe 167 -> How many years did it take to plan d-day? Download 13.82 Kb. Share with your friends:
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