Key Terms Atlantic Charter Carpet bombing DDay Battle of the Bulge Americans Join the Struggle The US entered the war in December 1941 The Germans blitzkrieg had extended Nazi control across most of Europe ID: 500484
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Retaking EuropeSlide2
Key Terms
Atlantic Charter
Carpet bombing
D-Day
Battle of the BulgeSlide3
Americans Join the Struggle
The US entered the war in December 1941
The Germans’
blitzkrieg
had extended Nazi control across most of Europe
Germans and Italians had control over North Africa
Britain and the US desperately struggled to control the Atlantic trade routes
German U-boats sank nearly 175 ships in June 1942 aloneSlide4
Americans Join the Struggle
British armies had successfully battled Italian troops in the Egyptian and Libyan deserts
Hitler sent reinforcements to Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower commanded the US army in Africa
US suffered a major defeat of the war while trying to defend the Kasserine Pass
Allied had trapped the Axis Powers
240,000 Italian and German soldiers retreated
Continued into Italy
People lost faith in MussoliniSlide5
War in the Soviet Union
By 1941, Hitler had taken control of huge oilfield in Romania and farmland in the Ukraine
Hitler wanted to expand into the Soviet Union
Nearly 3 million Red Army soldiers mobilized to oppose the
Blitzkrieg
The Russians were being crushed
Stalin asked for Lend-Lease assistance from FDRSlide6
War in the Soviet Union
The cold Russian winter stopped Germany’s advance in October
Made a stand in Stalingrad
Germans began firebombing and shelling
Soviets used the harsh winter and launched a counter-attack
Germans were surrounded in the city
90,000 surviving Germans surrendered
Turning point of the war in the eastSlide7
The Invasion of Western Europe
George Marshall called for an invasion of Western Europe
Eisenhower would be his general
Germans strengthened their line with machine guns, barbed wire and mines
June 6, 1944
1,000 bombers bounded German defenses while 23,000 airborne British and American soldiers
By late July, the Allied force in France numbered some 2 million troopsSlide8
The Invasion of Western Europe
In early August, General Patton used a
blitzkrieg
to open a hole in the German lines
British and Canadian forces freed Brussels and Antwerp in Belgium
The Allied attack on the Netherlands faltered at the Rhine River
December 1944, Germany launched a counterattack in Belgium
Battle of the Bulge
Eisenhower ordered more troops
Largest battle in Western EuropeSlide9
The War in Europe Ends
The struggle between German and Soviet forces from 1941 to 1945 dwarfed the fighting in France
11 million Soviets and 3 million Germans died
Soviet leaders considered the capture of Berlin a matter of honor
Hitler refused to flee the city
Chose to commit suicideSlide10
Yalta Conference
Big Three:
FDR, Churchill, and Stalin
Goal was to plan the final defeat of German and shape the postwar world
Split Germany into four zones
Stalin promised to allow free election in the nations of Eastern Europe
Promised to help in Japan
He failed to achieve either promiseSlide11
Questions to Consider
Who were the big three players in the Yalta Conference?
What battle was the turning point in the east?
How did the invasion in Russia turn out for Germany?
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