The War For Europe and North Africa

Chapter 17.2

The US and Britain Join Forces

• War Plans-• Europe first, stop Hitler• Asia second• The Battle of the Atlantic• 87 ships sunk• Allies build ships

The Eastern Front and the Mediterranean

• The Battle of Leningrad-Soviet Winter• Soviets lose 1.1 million soldiers• Soviet Victory • German surrender

• The North African Front• Dwight D. Eisenhower• German general Rommel Desert Fox• Allies land in North Africa

• The Italian campaign• Mussolini falls• Anzio

Heroes in Combat

• *573The Tuskegee Airman-all black 99th pursuit squadron• *573 141st Regiment 36 Division –

Mexican American unit one of themost decorated• *573 442nd-Japanese American unit

most decorated in US History

The Allies Liberate Europe

• *574 D-Day June 6 1944• The Allies on the ground • US Generals Patton and Bradley• France is free• *573The Battle of the Bulge-last

ditch effort of the Germans

• Liberation of the Death Camps• Allies east• Soviets west• Race for territory• Horror

• German unconditional surrender• Soviets claim Berlin• Hitler commits suicide• VE Day May 8 1945• Roosevelt dies• Truman takes over as president