US Great Britain and the Soviet Union formed

US, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union formed the Grand Alliance. All agreed to fight until Germany and Japan surrendered unconditionally.

1942 -1943 Battle of Stalingrad-turning point of the war between Russia and Germany. Russia’s winter and superior numbers stalled the German advance, they were surrounded and captured Stalingrad

Rommel driven out of Africa The decisive battle was led by British General Montgomery at El Alamein; soon followed by the invasion of Italy Americans in Africa

US bombed German cities by day while the British bombed them by night. The constant bombing crippled German war production American Bomber

USSR went on the offensive and slowly advanced over the next two years. Spring 1945 -Soviets reached Berlin from the east Russians Advance

1942: Operation Barbarossa (recap)

1943: Soviet Counterattack

1944: Two. Front War

1945: Germany Defeated

Hitler and his wife committed suicide in their Berlin bunker as the Allies closed in. On May 8 th, 1945, Germany surrendered.

US forces waged an “island hopping” campaign to recapture Japanese-held islands to serve as stepping stones to Japan. Air bases were built on captured islands from which US bombers could hit Japan.

Island Hopping

Kamikaze = Divine wind

US dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. Japan surrendered soon after and WWII was over. Hiroshima Nagasaki