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concentrate on Germany 1st
hopeful
helped protect supplies
1. Erwin Rommel (Desert Fox) lead German Afrika Korps
2. Tried to take Egypt & Suez Canal
3. British General Bernard Montgomery stopped Rommel @
Battle of El Alamein
Rommel-surrendered
5. Allies could now attack “enemy’s soft underbelly”
6. July 43 Allies take Sicily then land on mainland by September
7. Italians overthrow Mussolini
9. Allies captured Rome in June 44
10. April 45 Italian resistance capture & kill Mussolini
C. Turning Points
into Soviet Union
b. Low supplies & Soviet
Soviet Union failed
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5. Gen George C. Marshall chose General Eisenhower to plan Operation Overlord
a. D-Day 6/6/44- Massive landing on beaches of Normandy France
b. Landed under cover of artillery fire from warships off coast
c. Multiple fake landings to fool Germans
d. Largest sea-and land invasion in history- 155,000 troops
6. General Omar Bradley led forces into occupied France
7. By July tank forces led by George Patton broke
Germany lines
D. The Battle of the Bulge
1. Allies pushed toward Germany
2. Hitler refused to surrender
12/16/44 Germans launched an offensive in Ardennes
Battle of the Bulge- 25 divisions (1000) tanks almost broke thru Allied lines
Heavy Allied casualties- 77,000 but turned offensive
Germany’s last offensive attempt
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