AMERICA TURNS THE TIDE THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR II.
-
Upload
dana-parker -
Category
Documents
-
view
230 -
download
0
Transcript of AMERICA TURNS THE TIDE THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR II.
![Page 1: AMERICA TURNS THE TIDE THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR II.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081420/5697c0181a28abf838cce2da/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
AMERICA TURNS THE
TIDE
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR II
![Page 2: AMERICA TURNS THE TIDE THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR II.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081420/5697c0181a28abf838cce2da/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
USA Decision- Where do we Go?
![Page 3: AMERICA TURNS THE TIDE THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR II.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081420/5697c0181a28abf838cce2da/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
USA In Africa
![Page 4: AMERICA TURNS THE TIDE THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR II.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081420/5697c0181a28abf838cce2da/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
USA in AfricaObjectives Terms
Which Axis power was chosen by the Allies to attack first and where?
“Operation Torch”
Dwight D. Eisenhower
![Page 5: AMERICA TURNS THE TIDE THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR II.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081420/5697c0181a28abf838cce2da/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Where is the weakest part of a turtle?
![Page 6: AMERICA TURNS THE TIDE THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR II.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081420/5697c0181a28abf838cce2da/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
THE WAR FOR EUROPE AND NORTH AFRICA
• They decided to focus on defeating Hitler first and then turn their attention to Japan– Europe was viewed like a Turtle– Soft spot is the underneath– Africa is 1st target
• After Pearl Harbor– British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill spent three weeks working out war plans with FDR
![Page 7: AMERICA TURNS THE TIDE THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR II.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081420/5697c0181a28abf838cce2da/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
![Page 8: AMERICA TURNS THE TIDE THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR II.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081420/5697c0181a28abf838cce2da/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
THE NORTH AFRICAN FRONT “Operation Torch”
– an invasion of Axis -controlled North Africa –
Headed by American General Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1942
British lead by General Montgomery
“They sped eastward chasing the Africa Korps led by German General Edwin Rommel
![Page 9: AMERICA TURNS THE TIDE THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR II.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081420/5697c0181a28abf838cce2da/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
ITALIAN CAMPAIGN – ANOTHER ALLIED VICTORY
Mussolini (Italian Ruler)is arrested and killed
Hitler’s forces turn on the Italians
The Italian Campaign got off to a good start Allies easily took
SicilyUSA Invaded
main land
![Page 10: AMERICA TURNS THE TIDE THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR II.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081420/5697c0181a28abf838cce2da/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
USA in AfricaObjectives Terms
Which Axis power was chosen by the Allies to attack first and where? Italy and GermanyNorth Africa
“Operation Torch” Invasion of North Africa
Dwight D. EisenhowerHead of the US military
forces
![Page 11: AMERICA TURNS THE TIDE THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR II.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081420/5697c0181a28abf838cce2da/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
France
![Page 12: AMERICA TURNS THE TIDE THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR II.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081420/5697c0181a28abf838cce2da/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
D-DayObjectives Terms
Where was the location of the D-Day landings and what major countries were involved?
What role did Paratroopers have in the D-Day landings?
“Operation Overlord”/D-Day
Hitler’s Atlantic Wall
![Page 13: AMERICA TURNS THE TIDE THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR II.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081420/5697c0181a28abf838cce2da/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
ALLIES LIBERATE EUROPE
Also called “D-Day,”
3 million U.S. & British troops and was set for June 6, 1944
Allies sent fake coded messages indicating they would attack here“Operation
Overlord”Commander
was American General Dwight D. Eisenhower
![Page 14: AMERICA TURNS THE TIDE THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR II.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081420/5697c0181a28abf838cce2da/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
D – Day 60 mile stretch of
beach 156,000 troops 4,000 landing craft 600 warships 11,000 planes
Largest land-sea-air operation in history
Normandy Invasion cont.
![Page 15: AMERICA TURNS THE TIDE THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR II.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081420/5697c0181a28abf838cce2da/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
Three Main Countries
USACANADAGREAT BRITIAN
![Page 16: AMERICA TURNS THE TIDE THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR II.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081420/5697c0181a28abf838cce2da/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
Hitler’s Atlantic WallGermany’s
attempt to protect France
Hedge hogsTeller MinesBarb WireConcrete
Bunkers
D-Day
![Page 17: AMERICA TURNS THE TIDE THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR II.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081420/5697c0181a28abf838cce2da/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
D-DAY JUNE 6, 1944
Within a month, the Allies had landed
1 million troops170,000 vehicles
D-Day was an amphibious landing – soldiers going from sea to land
Despite air support, German retaliation was brutal – especially at Omaha Beach
![Page 18: AMERICA TURNS THE TIDE THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR II.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081420/5697c0181a28abf838cce2da/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
OMAHA BEACH 6/6/44
![Page 19: AMERICA TURNS THE TIDE THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR II.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081420/5697c0181a28abf838cce2da/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
Planes drop paratroopers behind enemy lines at Normandy, France
ParatroopersParatrooper
Airborne Infantry
GoalGet behind
enemy linesCut off
suppliesStop
reinforcements
D- Day Jump
![Page 20: AMERICA TURNS THE TIDE THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR II.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081420/5697c0181a28abf838cce2da/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
![Page 21: AMERICA TURNS THE TIDE THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR II.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081420/5697c0181a28abf838cce2da/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
D-DayObjectives Terms
Where was the location of the D-Day landings and what major countries were involved?NormandyUSA, Great Britain,
CanadaWhat role did
Paratroopers have in the D-Day landings?Get behind enemy
linesCut off suppliesStop reinforcements
“Operation Overlord”/D-DayInvasion of France
Hitler’s Atlantic WallNickname German
fortifications on the French coast
![Page 22: AMERICA TURNS THE TIDE THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR II.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081420/5697c0181a28abf838cce2da/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
Battle for Germany
![Page 23: AMERICA TURNS THE TIDE THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR II.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081420/5697c0181a28abf838cce2da/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
Battle for GermanyObjectives Terms
Why was the Allies not ready for the German counter attack during the Battle of the Bulge?
What was the American out look of the war after the Battle of the Bulge?
Battle of the Bulge
![Page 24: AMERICA TURNS THE TIDE THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR II.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081420/5697c0181a28abf838cce2da/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
BATTLE OF THE BULGEIn October 1944,
Americans captured their first German town
Battle of the BulgeHitler responded
with one last ditch massive offensive
![Page 25: AMERICA TURNS THE TIDE THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR II.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081420/5697c0181a28abf838cce2da/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
BATTLE OF THE BULGE
The weather gave the Germans cover from allied planes
The battle raged for a month – German initial success
The Battle of the Bulge
was Germany’s last gasp
USA Not ReadyHitler attacked in the winter.
![Page 26: AMERICA TURNS THE TIDE THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR II.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081420/5697c0181a28abf838cce2da/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
![Page 27: AMERICA TURNS THE TIDE THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR II.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081420/5697c0181a28abf838cce2da/html5/thumbnails/27.jpg)
BastogneBastogne
Small town in the middle of the Battle of the Bulge "road octopus“
USA occupied it- NUTS! Almighty and most merciful
Father, we humbly beseech Thee…Grant us fair weather for Battle…and crush the oppression and wickedness of our enemies and establish Thy justice among men and nations.
Patton’s Weather Prayer
![Page 28: AMERICA TURNS THE TIDE THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR II.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081420/5697c0181a28abf838cce2da/html5/thumbnails/28.jpg)
ALLIES TAKE BERLIN; HITLER COMMITS SUICIDE
End of HitlerBy April 25, 1945, the Soviet army
had stormed BerlinLast Days
On April 29, he married his longtime girlfriend Eva Braun
The next day he gave poison to his wife and shot himself(and dog)
After Germany lost Battle
Nazi leaders realized the war was over
![Page 29: AMERICA TURNS THE TIDE THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR II.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081420/5697c0181a28abf838cce2da/html5/thumbnails/29.jpg)
Battle for GermanyObjectives Terms
Why was the Allies not ready for the German counter attack during the Battle of the Bulge?Germans attacked in
the winter.Weather protected
Germans from Allied Air force
What was the American out look of the war after the Battle of the Bulge?Germans could not win
warIt was only a matter of
time
Battle of the BulgeHitler responded
with one last ditch massive offensive
![Page 30: AMERICA TURNS THE TIDE THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR II.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081420/5697c0181a28abf838cce2da/html5/thumbnails/30.jpg)
Famous picture of an American soldier celebrating the end of the war