WAR IN EUROPE POST PEARL HARBOR HITLER FAILS

WAR IN EUROPE POST PEARL HARBOR

HITLER FAILS IN THE SOVIET UNION � By Nov. 1942 Hitler had reached as far into the Soviet Union at Moscow and Stalingrad � This is where Stalin decided to take a stand � Battle of Stalingrad is a turning point in the war – it marks the end of German advance into the Soviet Union � By January 1943 the Germans had run out of supplies and were forced to surrender and retreat

NORTH AFRICA �General Eisenhower and the US forces land in Northern Africa in late 1942 to assist the British in repelling the German advance �By May 1943 the German Afrika Korps had fully surrendered �The Allies attention turned to Italy

ALLIES INVADE ITALY �Invasion begins on the Island of Sicily �Once Sicily is taken the move to the mainland of Italy �The Allies are assisted by 50, 000 anti. Mussolini Italians �In June of 1944 the Capitol city of Rome is take back from the Germans

MUSSOLINI KILLED �In April of 1945 Italian resistance fighters capture and kill Mussolini �His dead body is hung in the streets and beaten along with his mistress and his henchmen

OPERATION OVERLORD �Allied troops pushed north from Italy; Soviet army pushed west into Poland �Eisenhower planned the invasion of Germany �D-Day took 2 years to plan, 3 million troops, thousands of ships, innovations in technology, good weather, and lots of luck

D DAY - JUNE 6, 1944 �“D Day” is military code for the day an operation will take place �“H Hour” is the time of the operation �The military planned for the attack not knowing which day it would occur

D DAY - JUNE 6, 1944 �Also called “Operation Overlord” � 5 beaches- Omaha, Utah, Juno, Sword and Gold beach � 160, 000 Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France �Nearly 12, 000 Allied deaths

ALLIES REACH PARIS �By August 24 th the Allies had reached Paris and freed the city of the German military

BATTLE OF THE BULGE – DECEMBER 1944 - JANURARY 1945 � Axis powers try to make an advance into the forest Ardennes, Belgium � Fought during the coldest winter on record � Named for the bulging shape of the Allied front � Largest battle of WWII � Hitler’s last attempt to win the war � Allies suffered 81, 000 deaths, Axis 104, 000