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PA G E # 8
RECLAIMING EUROPE
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REMEMBER...
• What event brings the U.S. into this war?
• The U.S. brings fresh troops to the fight
• Who is the only allied country left standing when the U.S. enters?
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U.S. JOINS THE ALLIES
• Britain was struggling throughout Europe and North Africa to hold back German advances
• Many believed that the Germans could not be stopped
• Allies begin by winning back the waters in the Atlantic by halting U-boat attacks
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WINNING NORTH AFRICAS T E P 1 :
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CONTROL NORTH AFRICA
1. In 1941 Germany was pushing deep into British controlled Egypt.
2. By 1942 U.S. helps British push back German offensive
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RECLAIMING NORTH AFRICA
3. Hitler’s instructions were to fight to the death• 240,000 German & Italians surrendered
4. Allied forces protect Egypt and begin to control North Africa by 1943
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CASABLANCA CONFERENCE
• Churchill and Roosevelt Meet in Morocco• Agree to deal with Europe first• Will only accept unconditional surrender
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CASABLANCA CARTOON
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TAKE ITALYS T E P 2
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MOVING IN ON ITALY
• Allied forces move north into Italy
• Mussolini is removed from office in 1943• Germans rescue him and
he is moved to the north
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TAKING ITALY
• Fighting will continue until April of 1945• The allies finally capture Rome and break through the
German lines
• Mussolini is shot and killed as he tried to cross the Italian border
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THE SOVIET UNIONS T E P 3 :
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•Hitler breaks alliance with Stalin in 1941
•U.S. will send in supplies to help aid the Soviets
A GERMAN CHANGE OF PLANS
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GERMANY PUSHES EAST
• Germany continues advances into the Soviet Union
• The Allies will not send in troops to help Soviets
• The battles go back in forth until the Soviets get some help...• Any Guesses??
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IT’S COLD...
• GERMANS RUN OUT OF SUPPLIES & CAN’T ESCAPE THE WINTER
• Soviets push back and regain lost land by 1943
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TAKE BACK WESTERN EUROPES T E P 4 :
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INVASION OF WESTERN EUROPE
• Allied Forces built up troop and supply lines throughout 1943.
• Kept “Operation Overlord” a secret
• Germany knew an attack was coming but did not where or when...
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D-DAY...
• D-Day- June 6th 1944• The Allied invasion along the French coastline• Hitler does little to stop the effort by the Allies as he feared
another attack
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D-DAY MAP
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TAKING BACK FRANCE
• General Patton uses a blitzkrieg to open a hole in German defenses in France• Begins the liberating of France and continues the Allied
push to Germany
Liberated in August of 1944
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HITLER’S LAST STAND
• The Battle of the Bulge: Winter 1944• Hitler getting desperate • The Germans give one more huge push in between
Luxembourg and Belgium (Bulge)
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BATTLE OF BULGE OUTCOME
• Largest battle ever fought by U.S. army
• U.S. pushes Germans back one more time• Germans lose over 100,000 in battle
• Nazi leaders realize that the war is lost
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THE WAR ENDS IN EUROPE
• Soviet Forces take Berlin in April 1945• Hitler commits suicide on April 30,
1945• German troops surrender on May
8th, 1945
• The war is over in Europe• What is still left for the Allies win?