The Allied VictoryChapter 16.4

The Allied Victory

December 22, 1941

Winston Churchill and President Roosevelt meet to develop a war policy. Stalin had asked for help to split Germany into 2 separate fronts.

The Tide Turns on Two Fronts

• The North African Campaign– Rommel takes Tobruk, Libya June 1942;

pushes toward Egypt– British General Montgomery fiercely

attacks at El Alamein, forces Rommel back and retreated west

– American forces land in Morocco, November 1942 – Operation Torch

– General Dwight D. Eisenhower – American commander in Morocco

– In May 1943, Rommel’s forces were defeated by Eisenhower and Montgomery’s forces

The Tide Turns on Two Fronts

The Battle for Stalingrad– Summer 1942, German army moves

to capture Soviet oil fields – August 23, 1942, Battle of Stalingrad –

Soviets, Germans battle for control of city

• Luftwaffe – nightly bombing raids on city• By November – Germans controlled 90%

of city – but then were surrounded and trapped

• By February 1943 90,000 frost bitten Germans surrendered

The Tide Turns on Two Fronts

• The Invasion of Italy– U.S., British forces land

on, capture Sicily on July 19, 1943

– Mussolini loses power but Germans keep control of northern Italy

• Victor Emanuel III had him arrested

– Allies invade Italy, but Germans keep fighting there until war ends

– Italy surrenders September 3, 1943

The Allied Home Front

Mobilizing for War in US– Fighting the war requires complete use of all national

resources– 17 to 18 million US workers – many of them women –

make weapons– People at home face shortages of consumer goods – Propaganda aims to inspire civilians to aid war effort

War Limits Civil Rights– Japanese Americans face prejudice, fear– Army puts Japanese Americans in interment camps in

1942

US Mobilization

WW2 in The Bay Area

Shipbuilding, liberty ships.Supply the Pacific theater with ammunition, food and other supplies.Headquarters for Army, Navy.Massive increase in population•Opportunities for minorities & women.

Japanese Internment

Japanese Internment

442nd Infantry RegimentJapanese American Regiment

Most decorated regiment in WW2

21 Medals of Honor

Victory in Europe

• The D-Day Invasion– Allies plan invasion of France; use deception

to confuse Germans– D-Day – June 6,1944; day of “Operation

Overlord” invasion of France– Allied forces capture Normandy beaches;

liberate Paris by September

• The Battle of the Bulge– US, British forces advance on Germany from

west, Soviets from east– Battle of the Bulge – German counterattack

in December 1944– Germans gain early success but forced to

retreat

Battle of the Bulge, December 1944

• Last German offensive of the war

• Try to breakthrough Allied lines, cutoff supplies

• Germans are pushed back after initial successes

Victory In Europe

Germany’s Unconditional Surrender

• By 1945, Allied armies approach Germany from two sides

• Soviets surrounded Berlin in April 1945

Hitler commits suicide• On May 9, 1945, Germany

officially surrender.• President Roosevelt dies in

April; Harry Truman becomes President

Soviets Take Berlin, April, 1945

Victory in the PacificThe Japanese in Retreat

– Allies move to retake the Philippines in late 1944

– Battle of Leyte Gulf leaves Japanese navy badly damaged

– Kamikazes – Japanese pilots who fly suicide missions.

– In March 1945, American forces capture Iwo Jima.

– US takes Okinawa in June 1945; Japan suffers huge casualties.

Island Hopping

Victory in the Pacific

The Japanese Surrender• Advisors warn Truman that invasion of Japan

will cost many lives• He has alternative; powerful new weapon

called atomic bomb• Manhattan Project – secret program to

develop the atomic bomb

– Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, August 6, 1945; about 75,000 die

– Nagasaki bombed on August 9; 70,000 die immediately

– Japanese surrender on September 2, 1945 on the battleship Missouri