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Allied Plan for Victory. How did each Allied country plan on defeating the Axis Powers?. 1942: Soviet Union joins Allied Powers, Stalin meets Churchill & FDR. Oct. 1942: Monty attacks Rommel’s troops in El Alamein, Egypt using a frontal attack that catches Germany by surprise.
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Allied Plan for Victory How did each Allied country plan on defeating the Axis Powers?
1942: Soviet Union joins Allied Powers, Stalin meets Churchill & FDR
Oct. 1942: Monty attacks Rommel’s troops in El Alamein, Egypt using a frontal attack that catches Germany by surprise. 2. Nov 1942: Rommel must retreat west 3. Nov 1942: Allies launch Operation Torch where Rommel’s retreating troops are met by Eisenhower/Bradley’s troops
Battle of Stalingrad 2. Nov 19: Stalin tells Zhukov to have troops surround city 3. Germans are cut off from supplies.
7/9/1943: Allies invade Sicily.Q: What went wrong in Sicily? Invasion of Italy 2. Sept 3:Allies invade mainland Italy 3. King has Mussolini arrested. Axis powers retreat north Res:1. Sept ‘43:Mussolini rescued, invasion taking longer than expected 2. April 1945: Allies finally defeat Germans & Italians in Northern Italy 3. Mussolini disguised as a soldier is spotted, is hanged in town square
Map Time! Battle of Stalingrad Invasion of Italy