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World War II: The Battlefronts

World War II: The Battlefronts. By: Lizzy Mann, Tori Caracci , and Kristie Harris. Fighting Germany. British and Americans concentrated on two main goals: (1) Overcoming the menace of German Submarines in the Atlantic, and (2) beginning bombing raids on German Cities.

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World War II: The Battlefronts

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  1. World War II: The Battlefronts By: Lizzy Mann, ToriCaracci, and Kristie Harris

  2. Fighting Germany • British and Americans concentrated on two main goals: (1) Overcoming the menace of German Submarines in the Atlantic, and (2) beginning bombing raids on German Cities. • Battle of the Atlantic- protracted naval war to control the shipping lanes. • Operation Torch Nov. 1942- North African Campaign to force Germany out, led by Eisenhower and Montgomery. It was successful in May of 1943. • Germany held northern Italy until final surrender in May of 1945.

  3. Fighting Germany • D-Day June 6th, 1944- British, Canadian, and US forces under Eisenhower secured several beachheads on Normandy coast. It was successful. • After D-Day, the Ally defensive moved rapidly. As a result, Paris was liberated by the end of August. • By September, the German border was crossed, which caused the Battle of Bulge where Germans counteracted. • German Surrender- Hitler committed suicide in April of 1945, Nazis surrender a week later.

  4. Fighting Japan • Two Naval Battles were the turning points for halting Japan: • On May 7th and 8thof 1942, the Battle of the Coral Sea, US aircraft carriers stopped Japanese invasion of Australia. • June 4th through 7th, 1942, US decoded Japanese messages in the Battle of Midway, enabling the destruction of four Japanese carriers and 300 planes. • Island Hopping- Naval Commanders bypass strongly held Japanese Islands and isolated them with Naval and air power; allowed allied forces to move rapidly toward Japan.

  5. Fighting Japan • US Reoccupation of the Philippines = largest Naval Battle in history. • Battle of Leyte Gulf, Oct. 1944- Japanese Navy is virtually destroyed. • Japanese used Kamikaze Pilots to make suicide attacks on US ships; inflicted major damage at the Battle of Okinawa. • The US developed the atomic bomb and dropped it on August 6 on Hiroshima and on August 9 on Nagasaki. • A week after the second atomic bomb, Japan surrendered. (Formal surrender on September 2, 1945 in Tokyo harbor aboard the battleship Missouri.

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