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Chapter 11: World War II The Allies Turn The Tide By: Elanete Howard Definitions ● ● ● Dwight Eisenhower- United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany; 34th President of the United States (1890-1961) George S. Patton Jr.- was a senior officer of the United States Army, who commanded the U.S. Seventh Army in the Mediterranean and European Theaters of World War II, but is best known for his leadership of the U.S. Unconditional surrender- is a surrender in which no guarantees are given to the surrendering party. In modern times, unconditional surrenders most often include guarantees provided by international law Definition ● ● ● ● ● Saturation bombing- was to inflict maximum damage. Strategic bombing- destroy Germany’s capacity to make war. Tuskegee airmen- an african american fighter Chester Nimitz- commander of the united states navy in the pacific knew japanese messages Battle of midway- the turning point of the war in the pacific Allies Battle U-boats in the Atlantic ● ● U boats (german submarines) patrolled the atlantic and caribbean sinking more than 3,500 merchant ships and killing tens of thousands of allied seamen New invention radar helped allies locate u boats on the surface at night Soviets Turn Back at Stalingrad ● ● Germany attacked Russia sending one army north toward stalingrad and another toward moscow and another toward leningrad. Germany suffered russia's harsh conditions but hitler would not not them retreat,