retaking europe
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Retaking Europe. Unit 4 Lesson 6 (Section 25.2). Objectives:. Evaluate US mobilization efforts. Analyze Allied war goals and strategies for victory. Identify key events and major turning points in WW2. Describe the liberation of Europe. Warm Up:. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Retaking Europe
Unit 4Lesson 6
(Section 25.2)
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Objectives:
Evaluate US mobilization efforts.
Analyze Allied war goals and strategies for victory.
Identify key events and major turning points in WW2.
Describe the liberation of Europe.
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Warm Up:
What world events forced the US to abandon its policy of isolationism and move from neutrality to involvement in WW2?
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Review
Identify 5 things the US did to mobilize for the war.
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Evaluating the Situation
Axis Domination 1940-1942
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Allied War Strategy
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Allied War Strategy1. Dem. Euro
2. New Internatl Org.
3. Hitler 1st- Thru FRA
4. Japan 2nd
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Allied War Strategy
1. Dem Euro
2. British Empire
3. Limited Soviet influence
4. Hitler 1st- From N. AFR
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Allied War Strategy1. SURVIVAL
2. Hitler Immediately,
need Allies to open W. Front
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Turnaround: Allied Offensive
Handout Blank Map
Battle of the Atlantic
North African Campaign
Italian Campaign
War in Soviet Union
Allied Invasion Western Europe
Battle of the Bulge
German Surrender
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Battle of the Atlantic
1942-43
Goal: Stop GRM wolf packs cutting supplies to Allies
Turnaround: Convoy, Sonar/Radar, # of
ships
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N.Africa – “Operation Torch”
Nov 1942
Goal: Stop Rommel’s ‘Afrika
Corps’ from claiming oil, Suez
Canal
Turnaround: GB @ El Alamein, US
@ Morocco and Algeria
Surrender: May 43 @ Tunisia
Casablanca Conference – Euro 1st, Uncondtl Surrender
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Italian Invasion – “Oper Shingle”
Summer 43
Goal: Attack “Soft Underbelly” of Axis,
divert attention
Turnaround: ITL people throw out
Mussolini…Jan 44 Bloody Anzio
Surrender: June 1944 liberate Rome,
Mussolini captured April 45
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War in Soviet Union
Why break Non-Aggression Pact?
“Living Space”
Oil & food
Why successful?USSR poorly trained & armed, unprepared
Oppressed by Stalin support GRM troops
Total destructionStalin said leave nothing for GRMNS
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Defending Stalingrad
1942-43
Goal: Defend rail/industrial center,
oil fields
Turnaround: Winter 42, Soviet
counterattack / tactics (house-to-house)
Surrender: Feb 43
(~1.5m dead)
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W.Euro – “Operation Overlord”
D-Day:June 6, 1944
Allied Goal: Invade Euro center
Tactics: Massive land, air & sea
invasion Normandy, FRA
Turnaround: Allied attrition (1 mil troops by July)
Surrender: Aug ’44 liberate Paris, Sept
free neighbors
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FDR Wins 4th Term!
Nov 1944 – FDR and Truman (VP)
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Battle of the Bulge
Dec 16, 1944
GRM Goal: Last ditch effort, Split Allied defenses, force pro-
Axis peace
Turnaround: Winter (froze oil/weapons), GRM uses up
reserves
(largest battle WW2, US ever)
Surrender: Jan 15, 45
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The Yalta Conference
Feb 1945
FDR, Churchill, Stalin
Postwar WorldGRM split 4 zones
• Berlin as well
E.Euro elections• Stalin breaks promise
USSR enter war w/JPN
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FDR Dies– April 12, 1945
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Victory in EuropeApril 25, 1945: Soviets storm
Berlin
April 28, 45: Mussolini executed
April 30, 45: Hitler suicide
May 8, 1945: VE DAY!!
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Victory in Europe
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Closure
If you were a newspaper journalist, what would you write about the US contribution to victory in Europe?