Warm Up

1. Warm Up • What is living space for the Germans called? • What 2 countries does Germany ally with? • Explain Blitzkrieg: • What is the concrete fortress between France and Germany? • The Germans defeat what country June 21st? • What is Vichy France?

2. Warm Up WWII 3 & 4 • Who is the leader of Great Britain? • London is bombed for how many nights straight? • For Germany what does not work in the Russian cold? • What happened Dec 7,1941? • When do we declare war on Japan? • Who declares war on the US? • Explain the Bataan Death March:

3. WORLD WAR II ALLIED INVASIONS

4. Unique Weapons of WWII • Amphibious Tanks • Rockets • Flying Saucers!!

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14. War in Africa • Fighting begins in Africa in 1940 when Italian forces based in Libya attacked British-controlled Egypt • Italy wants an African empire • The British need to protect the Suez Canal, since it was the shipping route to the oil fields of the Middle East • The British eliminate the Italian threat and even invade Libya – the Italians were now on the defensive • Feb. 1941 – 30,000 British soldiers capture 130,000 Italian prisoners, gain 500 miles • Only lost 500 men and Ethiopia is freed

15. Hitler steps in and sends the Desert Fox • The new German and Italian force was called the Afrika Korps and was led by General Erwin Rommel • He pushes the British out of Libya and back into Egypt • Rommel and the British go back and forth • The Afrika Korps lacks supplies – Rommel is outnumbered and has less fire power • Battle of El Alamein (Oct. 1942) • British General Montgomery takes advantage of Rommel’s supply problems • Rommel retreats 2,000 miles

17. Operation Torch – the Allied Invasion of Africa • Stalin wants the Allies to invade Europe to open up a second front • The U.S. and especially the British decide to invade Africa instead • Nov. 1942 – three amphibious landings in the French colonies of Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco • Led by American general Dwight Eisenhower • Landed with 107,000 Allied troops and the Vichy-controlled colonies soon joined • As a result, Germany occupies all of France • Rommel is in trouble, has Allied forces to the east and west

19. Rommel goes to Berlin to plead for more troops and weapons • May 1943 the Afrika Korps surrenders and the war in Africa is over • 250,000 Axis soldiers taken prisoner and the Allies control all of North Africa

21. Invasion of Italy • Known as Operation Husky (June 1943) • The Allies invade the island of Sicily first • The Italians remove Mussolini from power • Italy leaves the war in September • Sicily is captured a few weeks later • The Allies next invade mainland Italy • Germany sends Rommel to defend northern Italy • German resistance slows the Allies • They reach Rome by May 1944 • Don’t gain total control of Italy until five days before Germany surrenders

23. Battle of the Atlantic and Berlin • Battle of the Atlantic • Germany relied once again on U-boats since they couldn’t match the battleships of Great Britain • The German U-boat fleet consisted of 400 subs • They fought in wolf packs for protection • Sank 2,452 merchant ships and 174 warships at a cost of thousands of lives and millions of dollars • Eventually the Allies won control of the Atlantic • Better-equipped convoys that hunted and destroyed the U-boats • Allies had broken the German code, knew the location of the U-boats

24. Battle of Berlin • November 1943 to spring 1944 • Allies bomb Berlin and other cities • Also bomb railways and infrastructure in France

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26. Tehran Conference • Nov. 1943 – meeting of the Allied Powers • Main issue was the plan to launch the cross-channel invasion • Decide to create the United Nations to replace the failed League of Nations • Would be dominated by Britain, U.S., the Soviet Union, and France

28. Invasion of France • American generals Eisenhower and Marshall are put in charge • Assemble and train troops, also develop specialized equipment to transport troops and tanks across the channel • Fake out Hitler – complex plan to mislead Hitler about where the invasion would take place • Hitler doesn’t know where the attack will happen, sends Rommel to defend the coast of several nations • Rommel builds the Atlantic Wall

29. D-Day June 6, 1944 • Operation Overlord – Allied forces invade France • 150,000 troops land on the beaches of Normandy and force their way through German defenses • High amount of casualties, but D-Day was a huge victory • With the beaches secured, more Allied troops sent in • 1 million soldiers in France by the end of June • The Allies quickly reconquered most of France and Paris is freed in August

34. Battle of the Bulge • Dec. 1944 – the Germans launch a massive counterattack in Belgium • The Germans advance, creating a bulge in the Allied battle lines • By Jan. 1945 the Allies regain the land and crush the German offensive • Within two months the Allied forces had crossed the Rhine River into Germany and were racing towards Berlin

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36. Allied Invasions Allies Code Who does Hitler Invade Name send to defend

37. Warm Up WWII 5 & 6 • Island hopping: • Turning point in the war in the pacific: • What country wants an African Empire? • Who is the German general in Africa? • American general in Africa: • Allied invasion of Africa is called? • Operation Husky invades what country? • How does the US defeat German U boats?

38. Warm Up • Who is the leader of Great Britain? • London is bombed for how many nights straight? • What stops the German advance? • What happened Dec 7,1941? • When do we declare war on Japan? • When do we declare war on Germany and Italy? • Operation Husky invades what country?