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WW2
The War for Europe and North Africa
Take notes and explain what made each event a critical moment or turning point in the war.
Date
Event
February End of the Battle
1943
of Stalingrad
Event Description
(Approximately 2 sentences.)
The US enters the war, and
Churchill/FDR agree that
Germany and Italy were a
greater threat than Japan, so they
agree to strike Hitler first.
Battle of Stalingrad: Hitler is
waging war in the Soviet Union
and winning/doing well. But
then another winter sets in and
the Germans become trapped by
the Soviets who took the winter
as an opportunity to launch a
major counter attack.
Unsuccessful German assault on
the city of Stalingrad in World
War II. The battle marked the
farthest extent of the German
advance into the Soviet Union.
May
1943
End of Operation
Torch
Operation Torch: Stalin
pressured the Allies for a second
front. FDR/Churchill didn’t
think they had enough troops to
invade in Europe so they
invaded Axis controlled North
Africa.
The invasion of French North
Africa by American and British
forces in November 1942; the
first major joint Allied offensive
in World War II. It ended the
North Africa campaign.
What made this event a
critical moment or turning
point in WW2?
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Mid
1943
Victory in the
Battle of the
Atlantic
Contest in World War II
between Britain (and later the
U.S.) and Germany for the
control of Atlantic sea routes.
Allied shipping losses were
severe, but the Allies succeeded
in tightening their blockade of
Axis Europe and combating the
Axis war on shipping. By mid1943 the Allies had recovered
control of the sea routes.
June
1944
D-Day
June 6, 1944, the day on which
the Allied forces invaded France
during World War II.
(Operation
Overlord)
D-Day: Eisenhower’s plan to
attack Normandy in Northern
France which had fallen under
German control. To keep their
plans a secret the Allies created a
huge phantom army they knew
the Germans could read and sent
orders for this fake army to
attack a different port in France.
As a result Hitler ordered his
generals to keep a large army
there.
July
1944
Liberation of
Majdanek
A village in Poland where the
Germans established and
operated a concentration camp
there in World War II.
August
1944
Liberation of
France
After the success of the D-Day
Landing in Normandy, Allied
generals sought to surround and
defeat German armies in France,
in hopes that such moves would
not only return the country to
French control but also bring
about German surrender.
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October
1944
Capture of
Aachen
US troops capture Aachen, the
first large German city to fall
during WW2.
January
1945
End of the Battle
of the Bulge
The last major offensive by the
German army in World War II.
In late 1944, the invasion of
Belgium by the Allies was
temporarily stopped by a
German counterattack in which
the Germans broke through the
Allied defenses, seizing territory
that caused a large “bulge” in
their lines. The Allies, led by
General George Patton, drove
the German forces back with
heavy casualties on both sides.
Spring
1945
End of the Italian Allied actions taken around Italy
campaign
during WW2.
May
1945
V-E Day
May 8, 1945, the day on which
the Allies announced the
surrender of German forces in
Europe.