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Chapter 24 WW2

1941-1945

Section 1The Allies Turn

the Tide

America Strikes Back With Doolittle Raid

FDR wanted to retaliate against Japan for PH 16 B-25 Bombers attacked Tokyo 50 Japanese people killed 100 buildings

damaged Minimal Victory

Battle of the Coral Sea Gives Hope

 May 1942 - U.S. and Australia stopped Japan from invading

Japan won the actual battle, but the allies were able to stop a Japanese invasion for the first time

Battle of the Coral Sea  May 1942 - U.S. and Australia stopped Japan from invading

Japan won the actual battle, but the allies were able to stop a Japanese invasion for the first time

What are these black clouds?

Who is the cartoonist who created this? What can you infer about midway from it?

Battle of Midway: The Turning PointJune 1942

Admiral Chester Nimitz intercepted Japanese code

U.S. launched surprise attack on Japan at Pacific island called Midway

U.S. successful in the Battle of Midway

Battle of Midway The Japanese lost 4 carriers, a heavy

cruiser, 3 destroyers, some 275 planes, at least 4,800 men, and suffered heavy damage among the remaining vessels of their fleet.

American losses included 1 carrier, the Yorktown, a destroyer, about 150 planes, and 307 men

Guadalcanal- first US offensive (history vid)

TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas.

The Allies viewed Germany as the most dangerous Axis Power.

The German military could• bomb Britain• fight both the U.S. and

British navies• invade the Soviet Union

For these reasons, the Allies agreed to a “Europe First” strategy to defeat Hitler.

TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas.

The United States moved quickly to produce military supplies and send them to Europe.

Hitler was determined to prevent the supplies from reaching Europe.

GermanU-boats sank thousands of supply ships in the North Atlantic.

New technology such as radar helped the Allies target the U-boats and restore the supply lines.

TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas.

Allied victory depends on

US productionSize of Soviet Army

Operation Barbarossa: Germany invades USSRHitler’s Biggest Mistake

Operation Barbarossa: June 22, 1941

y 3,000,000 German soldiers.

y 3,400 tanks.

The “Big Three”

Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin

Axis Powers in 1942

The famous monumental sculpture of Our Mother Motherland Calls  Us

Video Questions: 1. What

happened when you disobeyed orders in the Red Army? Site one example from the video

This sculpture is in Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad (formerly tsaritsny) Russia

2. Why would they rename the city?

Battle of Stalingrad:Winter of 1942-1943

German Army Russian Army1,011,500 men 1,000,500 men 10,290 artillery

guns 13,541 artillery

guns 675 tanks 894 tanks

1,216 planes 1,115 planes

Stalingrad, Russia Germans winning at first Soviet forces eventually defeat Germans90,000 Germans surrender, started with 200,000 troops

HOW DO THESE

SOLDIERS LOOK?

• General Dwight Eisenhower commanded the Allied invasion.

• Heat, sandstorms, and scorpions made conditions difficult.

Meanwhile, Allied forces pressured the Axis on another front—the deserts of North Africa.

North Africa- Germans led by Erwin Rommel “the Desert Fox”

Patton eventually defeated Rommel’s Afrika Korps, forcing a German surrender in May 1943.

Tank battles dominated the fighting, pitting two brilliant tank strategists against each other.

American General George S. Patton, Jr.

German General Erwin Rommel, the “Desert Fox”

Allied Advances in North Africa

In 1943, Italy surrendered to the Allies, ending the rule of Benito Mussolini.

The Allied victory in North Africa paved the way for an invasion of Italy, with forces capturing Sicily.

However, German forces continued fighting the Allies in Italy into 1945.

The soft underbelly of Europe

The Allies next took the fight against Germany to the air.

The goal was unconditional surrender.

Bombers flying from Britain launched nonstop attacks in Germany.

• massive saturation bombing to inflict maximum damage

• pinpoint strategic bombing to destroy factories

Turn to page 807 answer #2 thinking critically question

• American bomber planes were key to the war.

• The B-24 Liberator was faster than previous bomber planes and had a greater long-range capacity.

• Some planes escorted the bombers. The most celebrated of the escort crews were the Tuskegee Airmen, a special unit of African American pilots. In 1,500 missions, they never lost a bomber.