HW17 –on the site, from the book

Allies Turn the Tide

• In 1942, German bombers were dominating in Europe, Japan gaining land in Pacific

• Due to efforts on the Homefront and military victories, tide will soon turn.

Total War• Allies, just like the Axis

powers, committed to Total war

1. Governments redirect any/all resources

2. Individual rights were limited (internment)

3. Women help win the war (Rosie the Riveter)

Progress on Three Fronts

Pacific Theater W European Theater E European Theater

• Setback at the Battle of Coral Sea (first naval battle with aircraft carriers)

• Huge turning point at the Battle of Midway (US wins) and Japan cannot launch any offenses

• Allies (Eisenhower led) defeat Rommel in N Africa

• Allies invade Italy from the South, remove Mussolini as dictator

• German advances in Soviet Union halted at Leningrad.

• Hitler tries to move south on Stalingrad, where a bloody long battle occurs.

• Soviets defeat Nazis at Stalingrad and begin to push the Germans back to Germany in 1944.

Big Three

• All mistrusted one another but compromised to work together against Hitler.

Winston Churchill Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)

Joseph Stalin

Prime Minister of Great Britain President of US Dictator of Soviet Union

Invasion of France

• By 1944, Allies ready to open another front and invade France

1. Allied bombes relentlessly hit German posts

2. D-Day (June 6, 1944) land invasion of France on the beaches of Normandy

3. Patton’s tanks press on to Paris and liberate France, Germans flee

Advancing on Germany

• Germany mounts a last ditch major offensive (Battle of the Bulge) which delays the Allied advance

• Allies bombing Germany round the clock (Dresden, Hamburg destroyed)

• Meanwhile the Soviets are advancing from the East

• By 1945, defeat of Germany seemed inevitable

Yalta Conference

• Big Three meet in Yalta, Soviet Union to plan the final stages

• Stalin wanted control of E Europe, FDR and Churchill wanted self-determination

• Plan to divide Germany into 4 zones (French, US, British and Soviet)

• Plan to attack Japan next (Soviets to help)