VICTORY IN EUROPEChapter 27, Section 3

Review U.S. first offensive in Europe started out

rather cautiously. What was this offensive called? What was the plan?

Allies now going into the soft underbelly of Europe

Allied Attacks in the Mediterranean

Allied Attacks in the Mediterranean

Invasion of Italy North Africa offered a gateway to Sicily July 1943 – Allied troops subdued Sicily in a little over a

month Guided by George S. Patton

Italian king named new prime minister to replace Mussolini and ordered his arrested. Germans took Mussolini – set up a base for him in northern Italy

January 1944 – Allies landed in south Rome at Anzio Rome falls to U.S. and Britain

1945 – Germans occupying Italy defeated; Mussolini captured and shot by Italian rebels

Question: Why was losing Italy an important defeat to the Axis powers?

Sea and Air Assaults German U-boats continued to take a toll on

allied ships, lives, and supplies Battle of the Atlantic turned in the Allies favor

because of refined sonar equipment. Uses sound waves to detect underwater objects

Allies developed fast escort ships for convoys Allies air bombed German U-boats and

submarine yards 1944 – Allies won Battle of the Atlantic

Creative Representation After being cautious at the beginning of

the war, the Allies were starting to turn the war in Europe to their favor.

Draw an image or icon that represents this problem and how it worked in America

Surround your image with a word cloud including at least 5 nouns, 5 verbs, and 5 adjectives

Discuss and develop with your partner You have 6 minutes

Operation Overlord Allied invasion of German-occupied France

U.S. Army chief of staff and key allied strategist George C. Marshall led the planning

General Dwight D. Eisenhower led the invasion Dummies and false clues installed to

convince Germans the invasion would be near Calais on the English Channel

Instead, Allies landed farther north in Normandy on D-Day June 6, 1944

Operation Overlord General Omar

Bradley led troops that landed at Normandy

Planes dropped 23,000 airborne troops Bombed roads,

bridges, and German troop concentrations

Operation Overlord Germans fortified Normandy beaches

with concrete bunkers, tank traps, and mines Allied campaign of disinformation and

distraction had done its job Hitler refused to send reinforcements to

Normandy because he believed the main invasion would be elsewhere

Operation Overlord Success:

20 miles into France by early July Liberated Paris on August 25, 1944 Early September – 2 million Allied troops

landed in western Europe

Video Answer these questions while watching the

video: How did the men prepare for D-Day? How did their generals attempt to keep

morale up, knowing their men would most likely die in battle? Cite specific examples.

Write down specific strategic information pertaining to D-Day that you saw in the video.

How did Saving Private Ryan depict the chaos that ensued on D-Day?

The Holocaust Nazi Germany’s systematic slaughter of

European Jews, Gypsies, Poles, mentally disabled, and religious and political prisoners.

Made camps specifically for genocide Deliberate annihilation of an entire people

Nazis called the extermination program the “final solution of the Jewish problem”

Defeating Germany Hitler refused to give up.

Battle of the Bulge September 1944 – Allies crossed German

border Germans launch final counterattack

Thickly wooded Ardennes region of Belgium and northern France

Pushed to create a dangerous bulge in the Allied lines 200,000 Germans vs. 80,000 U.S. troops

Allied generals rushed in reinforcements and pushed Germans back

Video Answer these questions while watching

the video: What is Germany’s strategy at the Battle of

the Bulge? How does the situation for the Americans

get worse? Why were Americans refreshed by the

victory in the Ardennes?

The Yalta Conference February 1945 –

President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin met to plan for postwar peace

The Yalta Conference Stalin pledged to

declare war on Japan three months after Germany’s surrender

Agreed to divide and occupy Germany after the war and outlined plans for a new international peace organization

Presidency Urgency of the war effort convinced

President Roosevelt to run for an unprecedented fourth term Missouri Senator, Harry S. Truman as his

running mate Roosevelt won the election

The Race to Berlin Early months of 1945 – Allied bombers

continued to blast German cities Leipzig and Berlin

March 1945 – Allied troops crossed the Rhine River from the west and drove into the heart of Germany

Soviet troops occupied much of eastern Europe

April 1945 – Allied advance halted at the Elbe River

End of the Fuhrer April 30, 1945 – Hitler committed suicide

in his bunker deep under the ruins of Berlin.

May 7, 1945 – Germany surrendered unconditionally

May 8, 1945 – known as V-E (Victory in Europe) Day Marked the formal end of a brutal war that

held Europe in its grip for more than five years

Video Answer these questions while watching

the video: How did the Allies celebrate their victory

over Germany? What was President Truman’s message to

the American people?