U. S. boosts Allies’ morale & strength Allies are Victorious U. S. boosts Allies’ morale & strength

German General Rommel (Desert Fox) took Tobruk in June of 1942 North Africa German General Rommel (Desert Fox) took Tobruk in June of 1942 British General Montgomery forces the Germans to retreat from N. Africa at El Alamein November 8th, Allies led by General Eisenhower, supreme leader, defeat Rommel

Battle of Stalingrad Germans invade U.S.S.R. at Leningrad and Moscow – Russian winter stalls invasion August 1942, Germany advances toward Stalingrad Air attacks – Stalin orders – “not 1 step backward” November – Germany holds 90% of Stalingrad Soviet counterattack trapped Germans in the city Winter hits – Hitler, “hold city at all cost”

Results of Stalingrad By February 2, 1943: 240,000 Germans dead / 90,000 surrender Over 1 million Soviets dead 99% of the city is destroyed Germans are pushed westward

The Invasion of Italy Stalin asks Allies to invade France / they refuse July 1943 Allies invade Sicily Mussolini and his thugs arrested / jailed Liberated by the Germans Hides in Northern Italy Captured / executed in April 1945

The D Day Invasion June 6, 1944, Allies land at 5 beach points in France A 60 mile stretch of beach Germans dug-in with machine guns, launchers and cannons German protected by concrete walls 3,000 Americans died that day Allies held the beach

General Patton July 1944 One million troops land in France Germans retreat to the east August 25 Allies march into Paris By September, France is liberated

The Battle of the Bulge Allies move into Germany from the west Soviets invade from the east A war on two fronts Hitler moves tanks into Allied defenses German deaths 15,652. Captured & MIA 27,582 Wounded 41,600.

Germany Surrenders April 12, 1945 President Roosevelt dies President Harry S. Truman takes over April 30, Hitler takes his own life May 7, German military unconditionally surrenders

U.S. government propaganda had negative effects on civil rights Internment Camps U.S. government propaganda had negative effects on civil rights American born citizens of Japanese descent mostly in Hawaii and on the west coast were relocated to military camps Fear of a Japanese invasion moved 31,275 people who also lost their property German American, about 12,000, also interned, as were Italians in smaller numbers

Victory in the Pacific After Allied victory at Guadalcanal, Japanese expansion stopped Allied forces land at Leyte in the Philippines Japan risked its entire fleet Kamikaze – suicide planes crash into Allied ships The Japanese navy is eliminated from the war

Major Allied Victory The battle at Okinawa left 110,000 dead Japanese to 12,500 American deaths Next stop was Japan / an estimated 500,000 American lives would be lost in the invasion

The Atomic Bomb The newly built, most powerful weapon of the time President Truman warned the Japanese of a, ”rain of ruin from the air” There was no reply Truman decided to use it to quickly end the war

Rain of Fire Hiroshima – city in Japan – August 6, 1945 - first atomic bomb 45,000 dead at initial blast – 19,000 in next 4 months Nagasaki – August 9, 1945 – second bomb 37,500 dead at initial blast More than 200,000 casualties

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