1. Turning Points in the European Theater

2. Battle of the Atlantic ____ & ________ vs. Germany
German __________ tried to sink Allied ________________
(US sending _________ to Britain and ______)

3. North Africa US & Britain vs. Germany & ________
___________ & Montgomery vs. Rommel, “The _____________”
Desert warfare, ________, ___________
__________!

4. Strategic Bombing
British & American _________ vs. German factories & cities - “__________”
B-17 “_____________”
___________________

5. Battle of Stalingrad _____________ in history!
___________________
Hitler wanted to take Russia's _____________
Stalin ordered his army and civilians to ______ the city ___________
Russia “_____” - stopped the _____________, captured ____________

6. Invasion of Italy “The ______________ of Europe”
Series of ______________ and airborne assaults
Italian army ________________, Mussolini fled
German troops ___________________; fierce fighting

7. Invasion of France _____________ “Operation __________” “D-Day”
Largest ________________ in history
US, British, and Canadian troops ___________ ___________ in __________ (France)
Fierce resistance on _________ (Saving Private Ryan), _______________ killed

8. Invasion of France
____________, send millions of ____________ into France
France _________ on _________________

9. Russian Counteroffensive
____________ – largest ________ in history (________ tanks)
Ended ___________, but Germany _________ out of Russia
Red Army _____________ Nazis back through Poland and then ______________

10. “Hitler's Last Gamble”

11. Germany in the West Battle of ________
Allies __________ on Germany from ________
Hitler's ___________ – all out attack on the American lines
___________ push Americans back, but lines __________ – they only __________
Germans ________________________

12. Invasion of Germany
Germany running low on __________, ________, and __________
Hitler _________________
Allies _______________ from both sides
US ________ to let Red Army ________ Berlin
Hitler orders ______________ of Berlin – __________
Russians commit ________ – revenge
Hitler commits _______ in his bunker