American History Chapter 24-1 The War in Europe and North Africa

1. American History Chapter 24-1The War in Europe and North Africa • The Battle of the Atlantic: - Germany had a powerful navy. + Battleships like the Bismarck. + U-boats that hunted in wolf-packs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KecIdlEAKhU

2. Allied forces turned the tide in the Atlantic: • Manufactured new ships & traveled in convoys. • Planes used radar to locate subs. • Broke the German code system – Enigma. • By the end of WWII 70% of German submarine crews were dead.

3. WWII in the Soviet Union: • Summer 1941: Hitler invades the Soviet Union. • Laid seige to the city of Leningrad. - Hundreds of thousands Russian civilians died. • The Russians defeated the Germans in Stalingrad. - Over 2 million German casualties in the Soviet Union by 1944.

4. German forces attempt to take North Africa: • German commander Erwin Rommel, the Desert Fox, tried to drive the British from North Africa. • The British defeated Rommel at the Battle ofEl Alamein. • Operation Torch: U.S. forces led by Dwight D. Eisenhower invade North Africa. - The Germans were pushed out of North Africa. • The Allies then moved into Italy. - Tuskegee Airmen: 1st African American pilots to see action.

5. Tuskegee Airmen

6. WWII in Europe and North Africa, 1941-1944

7. D-Day June 6, 1944 • Operation Overlord: The planned Allied invasion of France through Normandy. • General Eisenhower commanded the invasion, GeneralOmar Bradley commanded the American troops. - Paratroopers, Bombers, Battleship artillery, Amphibious craft, & hundreds of thousands of troops led the assault. • With the success of Operation Overlord the Germans were in retreat.

8. D-Day, June 6, 1944

9. Battle of the Bulge • December 16, 1944: The Germans launched a surprise offensive near Bastogne, Belgium. • On December 26, Lt. General George S. Patton arrived with American reinforcements. - The German offensive was halted. • The Allies set their sights on Germany & Hitler.

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