Allied Plan for Victory How did each Allied

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Allied Plan for Victory How did each Allied country plan on defeating the Axis

Allied Plan for Victory How did each Allied country plan on defeating the Axis Powers?

 • 1942: Soviet Union joins Allied Powers, Stalin meets Churchill & FDR Allied

• 1942: Soviet Union joins Allied Powers, Stalin meets Churchill & FDR Allied Nation Great Britain United States Soviet Union Leader Winston Churchill Franklin D. Roosevelt Joseph Stalin Plan for victory Actions Wants to strike in order 1) North Africa 2)Italy 3)France Sends Gen. Montgomery back to El Alamein, Egypt Agrees with Churchill Sends Gens. Eisenhower & Bradley to Morocco and Algeria Wants to invade France first, forcing Germany to fight two fronts Sends Gen. Zhukov to Stalingrad

North Africa Campaign 1. Oct. 1942: Monty attacks Rommel’s troops in El Alamein, Egypt

North Africa Campaign 1. Oct. 1942: Monty attacks Rommel’s troops in El Alamein, Egypt using a frontal attack that catches Germany by surprise. 2. Nov 1942: Rommel must retreat west 3. Nov 1942: Allies launch Operation Torch where Rommel’s retreating troops are met by Eisenhower/Bradley’s troops Result: May 1943: Germans are sandwiched between British & US forces and German Afrika Corps are defeated - Allies head to Italy

Battle of Stalingrad 1. Aug-Nov 1942: Germany controls 90% of the city 2. Nov

Battle of Stalingrad 1. Aug-Nov 1942: Germany controls 90% of the city 2. Nov 19: Stalin tells Zhukov to have troops surround city 3. Germans are cut off from supplies. Result: Feb 1943: Hitler tells men if they surrender they will be shot! They surrender

Invasion of Italy 1. 7/9/1943: Allies invade Sicily. VQ: What went wrong in Sicily?

Invasion of Italy 1. 7/9/1943: Allies invade Sicily. VQ: What went wrong in Sicily? 2. Sept 3: Allies invade mainland Italy 3. King has Mussolini arrested. Axis powers retreat north Res: 1. Sept ‘ 43: Mussolini rescued, invasion taking longer than expected 2. April 1945: Allies finally defeat Germans & Italians in Northern Italy 3. Mussolini disguised as a soldier is spotted, is hanged in town square

Map Time! Battle of Stalingrad Invasion of Italy

Map Time! Battle of Stalingrad Invasion of Italy