1. The Allies are Victorious
The Big Three
Churchill GB
FDR U.S.
Stalin Russia
The Allies are Victorious
(Ch. 16 Sec.4)

2. World War II in Europe

3. Battle of El Alamein
October 1943
Northern Egypt

4. Battle of El Alamein General Erwin Rommel (“The Desert Fox”: Germany)
Allies (USA/GB) Win
General Erwin Rommel (“The Desert Fox”: Germany)
He and his troops forced to flee westward in Africa away from Egypt
Victory here gave Allies control over access to the Mediterranean Sea

5. Operation Torch

6. Operation Torch November 1942
American landed troops in Northern Africa
Finally ended General Rommel’s (Germany) African Campaign.

7. Battle of Stalingrad

8. Battle of Stalingrad

9. Battle of Stalingrad August 1942-Feb. 1943 Southern Russia
Hitler Invades
Russia with Winter
looming!

10. Battle of Stalingrad
first time Soviets pushed Germans westward out of Russia
before this Germans won every battle in Russia
1 million Russians died defending Stalingrad.

11. Invasion of Italy
July 1943

12. Invasion of Italy
Resulted in Allied conquest of Sicily and eventually all of Italy
Italians overthrow Mussolini and switch sides in late 1943.

13. Death of Mussolini
April 1945 Italians publicly execute Mussolini and his top aides

14. Propaganda and Campaign on Home Front
All sides’ governments used propaganda to promote the war effort
Propaganda rallied the people on the home front to do their part for the war effort.

15. Propaganda and Campaign on Home Front

16. D-Day Invasion
June 6, 1944
June 6, 1944

17. D-Day Invasion Allies (GB/USA) invade Normandy, France;
begin liberation of France from Germany;
led to France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Netherlands, being freed from Germany;
3,000 Americans killed during invasion

18. Good Morning
Warm-up
None

19. Battle of the Bulge
December 1944
Allies vs. Germany
In Belgium

20. Battle of the Bulge

21. Battle of the Bulge Hitler’s final attempt at victory fails
German offensive forced allies to temporarily retreat
Allies eventually pushed Germans back and caused heavy losses for Hitler

22. Battle of Leyte Gulf
October 1944
In The Philippines

23. Battle of Leyte Gulf Japanese Used Kamikaze Pilots against
American ships
Kamikazes: Suicide pilots
Flying planes into ships

24. Battle of Leyte Gulf
USA vs. Japan; America wins; wipes out most of Japanese Navy.

25. Battle of Okinawa
April 1945;
island 350 miles off the coast of Japan

26. Battle of Okinawa Japan lost 110,000 – America lost 12,500
moved USA closer to an invasion of Japan to end the war.

27. Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki:

28. Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki:

29. Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki:

30. Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki:

31. Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki:
America dropped 2 atomic
(nuclear bombs) on Japan
August 6, 1945 Hiroshima
bombed: 100,000 killed
August 9, 1945 Nagasaki
bombed:90,000 killed
Forced the surrender of Japan and the end of the war: America never invaded Japan.