1. TURNING POINTS of WWII

2. Dunkirk Evacuated June 4, 1940

5. Battle of the Atlantic
1939 – 1945 (Jan – July 1943 were decisive)
German U-Boats were sinking unprotected U.S. and other Allies' merchant ships
Allies began using convoys to protect ships
The Allies also used a sonar system to detect German U-Boats
The Germans were very successful in the beginning, but by mid , the Allies had the upper hand

6. "The Battle of the Atlantic was the only thing that really
frightened me" - Winston Churchill.

7. Battle of Stalingrad (June 1941 – January 31, 1943)
Germans violated nonaggression pact with Soviet Union and attacked
Hitler hoped to captured Soviet oil fields
Germans nearly won (controlled 9/10 of the city)
Winter of 1943 hit

8. Battle of Stalingrad cont…
Hitler forced Germans to stay put
Soviets used to their advantage and won
Soviets lost 1,100,000 people in this battle
Turning point in WWII
From that point on, Soviet army began to move westward towards Germany

10. The Battle for Stalingrad was fought during the winter of 1942 to 1943.
Stalingrad was an important target as it was Russia’s centre of communications in the south as well as being a centre for manufacturing.

13. War in North Africa and Italy
Italian and British forces battled for control of North Africa.
The Suez Canal and the oil fields of the Middle East were essential to the British war effort
Afrika Korps led by Erwin Rommel
Pushed British back into Egypt
Traded blows for two years
1942—Battle of El Alamein
British victory under Gen. Bernard Montgomery
Axis power lessened in North Africa
Back-and-forth fighting
Soviets wanted European front
Invasion of western North Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower led troops
Rommel caught between forces in east and west
Supply problems worsened
May 1943—surrendered to Allies
Americans join the battle
Nearly 250,000 Axis soldiers taken prisoner; with surrender, all of North Africa in Allied hands

14. Tuskagee Airmen

18. The North Africa Campaign: The Battle of El Alamein, 1942
Gen. Ernst Rommel, The “Desert Fox”
Gen. Bernard Law Montgomery (“Monty”)

19. Commander of the Nazi forces in North Africa
The Panzer IV was the mainstay
of the Afrika Corps
and were needed in great
numbers in the
Western Desert
Erwin Rommel
Commander of the Nazi forces in North Africa

20. North African Campaign
Operation Torch
Purposes:
Drive Axis powers out of North Africa and Middle East
Divert German forces from Russian Front
Strategy: Sandwich Afrikan Corp between British in East and Allied forces (including US) in West

21. The Italian Campaign [“Operation Torch”] : Europe’s “Soft Underbelly”
Allies plan assault on weakest Axis area - North Africa - Nov May 1943
George S. Patton leads American troops
Germans trapped in Tunisia - surrender over 275,000 troops.

22. Operation "Husky": Allied forces invade Sicily, Italy.
July - August 1943,
Operation "Husky": Allied forces invade Sicily, Italy.
This Operation was the greatest Airborne-Amphibious Operation of WWII until D-DAY
3,000 ships and landing-craft with 160,000 men
(8 Divisions), 14,000 vehicles, 600 tanks and 1800 guns.
Operation continues in Sicily and Italy

23. Operation Husky Invasion of Italy
First Allied attacks on Monte Cassino

25. Farthest Extent of Japanese Conquests

26. Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle: First U. S. Raids on Tokyo, 1942

27. Battle of the Coral Sea: May 7-8, 1942

28. Battle of Midway Island: June 4-6, 1942

29. Battle of Midway Island: June 4-6, 1942

30. The fight for the Pacific
Battle Of Midway
The fight for the Pacific

31. BATTLE OF MIDWAY, a decisive naval battle of World War
BATTLE OF MIDWAY, a decisive naval battle of World War. This victory by the United States over Japan in June 1942 ended the Japanese advance in the Pacific Ocean.

32. American intelligence intercepted Japanese plans
The Americans sent their entire carrier force,
The Americans succeeded in sinking four Japanese carriers,
This was the turning point in the Pacific War.

33. Yamamoto erred in dividing his force of more than 160 vessels. The U.S. commander, Adm. Chester Nimitz, with 76 ships