1. World History Cultures Chapter 20- World War II Section 4- Turning Points of WWII

2.  Turning Points I.Battle of Stalingrad Dec 1942 a. German army destroyed. II.Battle of El Alamein, 1943, Allies push Germans out of Africa into Italy. Italy the liberated by allies. III.Normandy Invasion, June 6, 1944, Allied offensive toward Germany. Liberate France. IV.Battle of the Bulge, Dec 1944, German offensive stopped by Allies. Germany surrenders.

3.  War in the Pacific I.Battle of Midway, turning point, Allies defeat Japanese. II.Allies begin “island hopping” strategy, liberating each Pacific island from Japan.

4.  War in the Pacific, continued. III.Hiroshima, Aug 6, 1945, atomic bomb dropped on city. Second atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki. Japan surrenders.

5.  Effects of WWII I.Nazi war criminals judged at Nuremberg Trials. II.Areas of Europe and Asia devastated from bombings and war. a. People homeless. a. People homeless. b. Shortage of food, medicine, clothing. b. Shortage of food, medicine, clothing. III.Economic crisis due to cost of war. IV.Atomic bomb used for the first time. V.Two superpowers emerge: USSR & USA.

6. VI. Formation of the United Nations. VII. Germany and city of Berlin divided. VIII. Japan occupied by USA for 7 years. IX. Six million Jews murdered by Hitler. X. 55 million people perished---most destructive war in history.