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Chapter 16 – World War II Section 4 – The Allies are Victorious Main Idea- Led by the US, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union, the Allies scored key victories and won the war Why It Matters Now- The Allies’ victory in WWII set up conditions for both the Cold War and today’s post-Cold War world The Allies Plan for Victory • When the US joins the war, the Allies open 2nd front in the West Tide Turns on Two Fronts • Rommel gets destroyed when Allies enter N. Africa – Gen. “Monty” Montgomery leads British forces – Operation Torch: • Gen. Eisenhower started in Morocco surrounding Desert Fox VS. Rommel & Montgomery Eisenhower Tide Turns Cont… • USSR fights and defeats Germany at Stalingrad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd_Wt4N1Sss • Allies start to move thru S. Europe and Italy – July 10, 1943: Sicily falls to Allies – April 28, 1945: Mussolini found and hung in Milan town square Life on Allied Home Fronts • Civilians help at home with war effort – TOTAL WAR: factories transformed into weapons making industries – RATIONING and PROPAGANDA are used again • Feb 19, 1942- FDR sets up internment and loss of property program – 127,000 Japanese-Americans placed in camps (traitors/spies) Allied Victory in Europe • June 6, 1944- D-Day (Operation Overlord) begins in Normandy, France • Dec 16, 1944- Battle of the Bulge in Ardennes Forest – German counterattack, last ditch effort to break through Allies line Allied Victory Cont… • Soviets invade from the East, Allies form the West – Hitler is trapped in middle and commits suicide – Germany surrenders • May 7, 1945- Gen. Eisenhower accepts unconditional surrender of Third Reich Victory in the Pacific • Japanese start to retreat, Allies close in on Japan but with heavy human cost • Avoiding an invasion of Japan and saving Allied lives, the US drops atom bombs on Japan forcing surrender – Manhattan Project: top secret project to create atomic bombs Aug 6, 1945: Hiroshima bombed (73,000 die) Aug 9, 1945: Nagasaki bombed (70,000 die) – Sept 2, 1945: Japanese surrender to Gen. MacArthur on the Missouri
