1. Allied Plan for Victory What are the different plans that the Allies come up with to defeat the Axis Powers?

2. Allied Plan for Victory Allied NationGreat BritainUnited StatesSoviet Union LeaderWinston ChurchillFranklin D. Roosevelt Joseph Stalin Plan for victory Thinks the Allies should strike in North Africa first, invade Italy second & invade France later Agrees with Churchill Thinks Allies should invade France first, so it will force Germany to fight on two fronts ActionsSends Gen. Bernard “Monty” Montgomery to El Alamein, Egypt Sends Gen. Dwight Eisenhower to Morocco and Algeria Sends troops to Stalingrad to fight Germany

3. North Africa Campaign Result:May 1943: Rommel is sandwiched between Monty and Eisenhower and German Afrika Corps are defeated - Allies head North to Italy 1.Oct. 1942: Monty attacks Rommel’s troops in El, Alamein, Egypt using a frontal attack that catches Germany by surprise. 2. Nov 1942: Rommel must retreat west 3. Nov 1942: Allies launch Operation Torch where Rommel’s retreating troops are met by US Gen. Eisenhower’s troops

4. Battle of Stalingrad 1.Aug-Nov 1942: Germany controls 90% of the city Result: Feb 1943: Hitler tells men if they surrender they will be shot! His frostbitten, half-starved men surrender 2. Nov 19: Stalin tells troops to defend his namesake to the death! 3. Soviets surround the city, cutting off their supplies.

5. Invasion of Italy 1.July 10 1943: From Northern Africa, the allies invade the island of Sicily 2. July 24:After securing Sicily, Allies invade mainland Italy 3. July 25:King has Mussolini arrested. Germans & Italian Fascists retreat north Result:1. Sept 1943:Mussolini escapes and heads north – Allies start winning 2. April 1945: Allies finally defeat Germans & Italians in Northern Italy 3. Mussolini disguised as an allied soldier is spotted, is hanged in town square

6. Map Time! Battle of Stalingrad Invasion of Italy