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Chapter 17
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Hitler’s conquest continues Denmark Norway
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Dunkirk Germany traps French and British soldiers on beach Required makeshift rescue effort to save troops Germans march into France in 1940 Give French terms for surrender Germans controlled government in northern France
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Germans eye Britain in 1940 Luftwaffe begins to bomb them Wanted to control skies by destroying Britain's Royal Air Force (RAF) German planes pounded Britain for months
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US Enters the War!!!!
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Roosevelt reaches out to Churchill following Pearl Harbor Decided to strike against Hitler first Would concentrate on the Pacific following Europe
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Hitler ordered submarine raids against ships on American east coast Prevent movement of food and war materials Destroyed 681 Allies organized cargo ships in convoys Accompanied by planes that used sonar
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Allies could destroy German ships faster than Germans could build them U.S. launched shipbuilding program 140 ships produced a month
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Germans and Soviets fighting since 1941 Wanted to take Soviet oil fields Wanted to take Stalingrad Germans bombed Stalingrad in 1942 Caused massive destruction
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Germans invaded Took control of 9/10 of city Winter set in Soviets used opportunity to refresh equipment and build counter-attack Closed in city Hitler ordered troops to keep fighting Wanted to completely destroy city Did not send reinforcement
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Soviets defeated run-down and freezing German army Soviets lost 1,100,000 troops in battle More than total U.S. fatalities for war
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Stalin pressured Britain and America to open a second front Operation Torch Invasion of Axis-controlled North Africa Allies not ready to invade Europe yet Dwight Eisenhower led invasion
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Allie troops landed in North Africa Casablanca Oran Algiers Moved eastward Pushed the Axis Afrika Korps back Afrika Korps surrendered May 1943
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Roosevelt and Churchill met in Casablanca Agreed to only accept unconditional Axis surrender Decided to attack Italy before Germany
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Allies took Sicily in 1943 Italians forced Mussolini to resign Ended war for Italians Hitler determined to stop Allies in Italy “Bloody Anzio” fought 40 miles from Rome Resistance from Germans
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June 6, 1944 Allied troops invaded beaches of northern France Brutal resistance from Germans Allies held beachheads Gained 80-mile strip of France in 7 days Massive amounts of troops and supplies Allies free France in 1944
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Hitler mounts last ditch offensive Wanted to split British and American forces and break up supply lines Germans pushed 60 miles into Allied territory Battle lasted a month Allies prevailed Ended any hope of Germans winning war
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Allies stormed into Berlin Hitler commits suicide A week later, the Allies accepted the unconditional surrender of Germany World celebrated V-E (Victory in Europe) Day
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FDR died of a stroke on April 12, 1945 He was replaced by Vice President Harry S. Truman Truman oversaw the end of the war in the Pacific
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U-Boats
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Dunkirk
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Stalingrad
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Beachheads
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