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The US and the War in Europe

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1 The US and the War in Europe

2 War in Europe The war in “Europe” covers not only Europe but:
North Africa The Mediterranean The Atlantic The War in the Air

3 Slow Progress The Nazis have taken over an area from France to the Soviet Union, and from the Baltic to Africa. The goals now are to: Drive the Nazis out of Africa and Russia Defeat Italy Defeat the u-boats in the Atlantic Destroy the Luftwaffe (the German air force) Destroy Germany’s ability to wage war.

4 Axis Aggression through 1941

5 WWII in Europe, 1942–43

6 WWII in Europe, 1944–45

7 Battle of the Atlantic

8 WWII in the North Atlantic, 1939–43

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32 Sicily and Italy

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