major battles of wwii
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Major Battles of WWII . The War in Europe. Although Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor FDR felt that Americans needed to defeat Germany in Europe first By 1941 Hitler occupied almost all of Europe until he invaded Russia in 1941 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Major Battles of WWII
Although Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor FDR felt that Americans needed to defeat Germany in Europe first
By 1941 Hitler occupied almost all of Europe until he invaded Russia in 1941
This was a huge mistake as Germany was not prepared for Russian winters and never made it to the capital of Moscow.
The War in Europe
The campaign in Africa and Italy
In 1942 Americans and Brits invaded Italy
Led by George Patton a popular military general
The Invasion of Italy 1942
June 6, 1944 Britain and America invade France to take it away from Hitler
Led by Dwight D. Eisenhower at Normandy and Omaha beaches
The largest amphibious operation
Omar Bradley led the first American army to land in France
The Re-occupation of France 1944
D-Day
With Hitler on the run and France returned to the Allies, Germany tried one last counter attack at Ardennes.
This was the costliest battle for the allies
Caught off guard Americans lost 80,000 soldiers
With the Allies invading Germany from the west and the Soviets invading Germany from the east; Berlin was surrounded. Hitler commits suicide
The Battle of the Bulge 1944