1. Allied Victory

2. The United States enters the war and eventually leads the allies to victory over the Axis powers

5. A. Europe
1.Allied strategy
a. defeat Germany first
b.Dwight David Eisenhower-Supreme Allied Commander

6. 2.Three Front War
a. Eastern Front: Russia
b. Western Front: France
c. Southern Front: N. Africa and Italy

7. August 23, 1942 - February 2 1943 3.Stalingrad- a. turning point
b. Russian Winter

12. Southern Front-“Soft under belly of Europe”
1. North Africa-
2. Rommel Vs. Patton
3. Turning point- El Alamein October 23, 1942 – November 5, 1942

18. Invasion of Italy
1. Sep 3, 1943 – Sep 16, 1943
2. Death of Mussolini

19. E. Western Europe
1. Stalin’s suspicions
2. Normandy- D-Day
a. June 6, 1944
b. Invasion of France

49. Liberation of Paris August 25 1944

51. Battle of the Bulge Dec 16, 1944 –
Jan 25, 1945

52. Allies enter Germany 22 March – 8 May 1945

57. May 8, 1945- Victory in Europe Day

58. G. Conquest of Japan
1. Island Hopping
2. Okinawa
3. Iwo Jima

69. Philippines Liberation 1944–1945

75. Battle of Okinawa April 1 – June 25 1945

81. Battle of Iwo Jima
Feb 19, 1945 – Mar 26, 1945

83. The Japanese Internment February 19, 1942 – March 20, 1946
Hundreds of thousands of Japanese American citizens imprisoned by U.S. government
The Nisei

86. I. Atomic Bomb
1 .Manhattan Project
2 .Truman’s decision “The buck stops here!”
3 .Enola Gay
4 .Hiroshima
5 . 8/8/1945-V.J.Day

88. KAMIKAZE

92. Hiroshima August 6, 1945
Aug 6, 1945

94. Nagasaki August 9, 1945

97. J. Key to Allied victory
1. U.S. Industrial Power
2. Eisenhower

98. V-J Day Saturday, September 2