1. Anticipatory Set Discuss the following questions with your neighbor:
Do you think war is cool? Why/Why not?
How do movies and video games portray war?

2. The Allied Victory
In groups of 3-4 use book/notes to explain how each of the following events or battles contributed to the Allie’s victory in WWII
Battle of El Alamein
Operation Torch
Battle of Stalingrad
Invasion of Italy
Propaganda campaigns on home fronts
D-Day invasion
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Battle of Okinawa
Bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki

3. The Allied Victory Battle of El Alamein Operation Torch
Forced Rommel & his forces to retreat westward from Egypt
Operation Torch
Landed American Troops in North Africa; finally crushed Rommel’s Afrika Korps
Battle of Stalingrad
put GER forces on the defensive with the Soviets, pushing them westward
Invasion of Italy
resulted in Allied conquest of Sicily and forced eventual surrender of Italy
Propaganda campaigns on home fronts
Rallied people on the home front to do their part to support the war effort
D-Day invasion
opened a second front in Euro, led to the liberation of Nazi occupied countries
Battle of the Bulge
German offensive forced Allies to retreat; Allied resistance stopped GER and resulted in heavy losses for Hitler
Battle of Leyte Gulf
wiped out JAP navy
Battle of Okinawa
resulted in heavy losses for JAP and moved Allies closer to an invasion of JAP homeland
Bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
forced surrender of JAP and the end of war