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March 31, 2011U.S. History

Mr. Green

The students will summarize the allies’ plans for winning the war by identifying events in the war in Europe

Announcement: Chapter 17 Test Wednesday April 6, 5 paragraph essay due from video

Review: Identify the Allies/Axis PowersDrill: Examine the map on page 579 and

answer the following:1. Which countries were neutral in 1942?2. How did establishing a foothold in North

Africa enable the Allies to attack Italy?

Agenda/Topics To Be Covered

The U.S. and Britain Join Forces“Now that we are, as you say, ‘in the same

boat,’”-What does Churchill mean?War PlansChurchill and FDR agree to make the defeat of

Germany top priorityHitler #1 enemy of the U.S.Stalin will become an allyAfter the defeat of Germany, Britain/Russia will

help defeat the JapaneseUnconditional surrender

The War for Europe and North Africa Ch. 17 Sec.2 pgs. 578-585

Hitler sank 87 ships in the 1st 4 months of 1942

U.S. employed the convoy systembattleships used sonar and planes used radar to spot U-boats

Effective in finding/destroying German u-boats

Mid 1943, the Battle of the Atlantic turned in favor of the Allies

Battle of the Atlantic

The Battle of StalingradHitler changed course in the Soviet Union

1. take oil rich Caucasus Mountain 2. take Stalingrad on the Volga River

Germans bombarded the cityStalin would not pull backStalin counterattacked in Nov. 1942 and then

winter set inGermany started with 330,000 troops and came

home with 91,000Soviet Union lost 1,250,000 soldiers

The Eastern Front and the Mediterranean

Stalin wanted Britain/U.S. to open a 2nd front in Europe-not enough men

Instead, Operation Torch began in November 1942-107,000 Allied troops

Casablanca, Oran, and Algierschased Afrika Korps-Erwin Rommel

Final surrender May 1943

The North African Front

“the soft underbelly of the Axis”-Churchill referred to which Axis power?

U.S. wanted to go through France, but Churchill thought Italy would be safer

Sicily captured in summer 1943July 25, 1943 King Victor Emmanuel III stripped

Mussolini of his power and he was arrested Hitler seized control of Italy and reinstated MussoliniAnzio-4 months, ended May 1944

Support from underground resistance movementsMussolini discovered as a German soldier on April 28,

1945 and subsequently shot and hung the next day

The Italian Campaign

D-Day2 year military buildup for European invasion3 million troopsGeneral Eisenhower wanted to surprise the Axis

decided on Normandy peninsulaU.S. bombed German supply lines in northern France for a

month prior to the invasionJune 6, 1944

3 paratrooper division during the nightBritish, American, and Canadian troopslargest land, sea, air operation in historyOmaha Beach brutal battleHeavy casualties to hold the beachhead

The Allies Liberate Europe

Landed a million troops567,000 tons of supplies 170,000 vehiclesJuly 25, U.S. led bombings at St.-Lo

allowed Patton to advanceAugust 25, 1944-Paris, France liberatedSeptember 1944-France, Belgium, Luxembourg and most of Holland freed

Create timeline of the major events influencing the fighting in Europe and North Africa

Write a paragraph describing how any 2 of these events are related.

Independent Work

1. Read Chapter 17 Section 3.2. Chapter 17 Vocabulary due next week3. Prepare for a Chapter 17.1 and 17.2 quiz

later in the week-Thursday or Friday

Homework