discussion point why was the battle of stalingrad a critical turning point in world war ii?
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Italy begins to crumble• Success of Operation Torch leads to invasion of Italy
• July 1943 Allies invade Sicily– Mussolini falls from power– September Italy surrenders
World War II
1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945
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D-Day
MussoliniFalls
PolandInvasion
France Falls
Battle of Britain
InvasionSovietUnion
OperationTorch &Battle ofStalingrad
Battle ofMidway
PearlHarbor
D-Day• When: June 6th – August 25th 1944
• Code Name: Operation Overlord
• 1943 begin building troops in Great Britain– 3.5 million troops assembled
– Thousands of planes, ships, tanks & landing crafts
• Result: Allied Victory– 3,000 Americans die first day
Normandy
• General Dwight Eisenhower plans strike on coast of Northwestern France (Normandy)
• British, French, American & Canadian troops participate– By July 1.5 million troops were in France
• Began June 5th with paratroopers & planes
Military Strategy:
Paratroopers sent in behind enemy lines night before D-day
Storming the Beach
Results of D-Day
• By July the Germans were retreating
• By August 1944 the Allies had liberated Paris!
• Turning point in European Theater of war– Created a 2-Front War in Europe– Forced Hitler to develop new war strategy
• The Battle of Stalingrad & D-Day ensure Hitler’s defeat