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Download The World at War - Dr. Jeffery B Cook Professor of History
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The World at War I. European Conflict to World War A. Japanese attack Transformed the nature of the conflict Pearl Harbor Four days later Hitler declares war on the US Solved a problem for FDR Hitler’s commanders America was not an imposing power Army, the Marines, Air Force, Navy Japan also attacked British, French, and Dutch colonial possessions The globe was at war B. The tide turns: 1942-1943 Sometimes tempting Failure of the Germans in 1941 and 1942 Not the case Spring in 1942 Germans launch a new offensive Drive into the Caucasus Very successful The Germans and Japanese Fear grew in the Allied camp German-Japanese linkup Invasion of French North Africa Germans were defeated Political implications in France Allied invasion of Sicily 1943 Then mainland Italy Controversial Italy surrendered Mussolini was deposed Fighting in Italy Battle of Stalingrad Great struggle Grizzly combat Casualties German 6th army The bitter end II. The Allied Assault on Fortress Europe A. The Allied Air Offensive Royal Air Force and US 8th Air Force Strategic bombing Serious departure Systematic attack Bombing cities Raids were conducted at night Royal Air Force Daylight precision bombing Bomb site 1942-1945 B. The D-Day Invasion: June 6, 1944 Turning point in the west Largest invasion in history Dwight David Eisenhower After Normandy Bitter fighting On to Paris The Germans Combat troops from the East Last counteroffensive Came very close Battle of the Bulge End in defeat The Allies began the push into Germany C. The Russian offensive June 1944 Major offensive Drive Toward the Bunker Growing conviction American forces should take Berlin Eisenhower refuses April 1945 Street by street Hitler commits suicide III. The Costs of War A. The Dead 55 million people B. European cities Destroyed Paris and Rome had been spared London, Berlin, and Dresden Refugees flooded the West C. The Cold War The most destructive war was at an end Two great powers stood facing one another
