The Allies develop a War Plan

Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin

Timeline of WWII

1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945

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The “Big Three”

Churchill Roosevelt Stalin

Allied Strategy

• December 22 1941: Stalin, Roosevelt & Churchill agree on a War Strategy

• U.S. & Great Britain- concentrate on Southern Europe & Northern Africa

• Soviet Union- on its “own” against Germany on eastern front

• U.S. continues fight against Japan in Pacific

3-Theatres of War: European, African & Pacific

Eastern Front

• Summer 1942 Germany sends troops to Stalingrad

• Stalin promises to: – “Defend the City at all Costs”

War in Northern Africa

Dwight Eisenhower(“Ike”)

U.S. General in chargeOf Europe/Africa

Bernard Montgomery (“Monty”)

British General in chargeOf Europe/Africa

Erwin RommelGerman General in charge of Europe/Africa

Operation Torch: November 8th 1942

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