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Section 16.4
The Allies Are
Victorious
By:
Charlie
Mary
Gabi
Claire
Setting the Stage For Victory
 December 22, 1941
 Pearl Harbor is attacked
by the Japanese
 Winston Churchill and
President Roosevelt meet
at the White House to
announce the States
involvement in the war
effort
 It is decided that the
Allies would weaken
Germany on two fronts
before dealing their
secret weapon
The North African Campaign
 The German forces lead by
Erwin Rommel met the British
lead by Bernard Montgomery
in fierce conflict in northern
Africa
 At first the Germans were
having success and took the
key port city of Tobruk
 All that changed when the U.S.
lead by Dwight Eisenhower
arrived and eventually crushed
the campaign
Battles in Russia and Italy
Battle of Stalingrad
 Germans take the city
relatively easily but
Stalin, for whom the city
is named, would not let
the almost completely
destroyed city go
without a fight
 The Russians surrounded
the city and cut of all
supplies to the city
eventually causing the
Germans to retreat
Invasion of Italy
 Roosevelt and Churchill
lead 180,000 soldiers
into Sicily where they
captured the nation by
August 1944
 Mussolini, the leader of
the Italians, was then
shot and hanged in the
Milan town square
representing the
obvious end of his reign
Allied Victory in Europe
 The D-Day invasion marked a turning point for the
better for the Allies
 By July 25, the Allies had landed in Normandy and
had begun the eventual liberation of France, Belgium,
Luxemburg, and the Netherlands
 At the Battle of the Bulge, the Germans gave their last
attempt to push back the oncoming wave of Allied
troops but failed
 On May 7, 1945 the Allies accepted the unconditional
surrender of the German military. V-E Day or Victory in
Europe day was then celebrated
Victory in the South Pacific
 Slowly but surely the Americans fighting in the south
pacific made their way island by island toward their
final destination of Japan
 With each new island, from Leyte to Okinawa, came
a new wave of desperate Japanese troops who
caused numerous American casualties
 When the time came for the decision to either invade
Japan which would take many years and lives to
succeed or to drop the newly invented A-Bomb,
President Truman decided on the second option
 After the bombs were dropped, innumerable
Japanese lives were lost and the their surrender was
inevitable
Terms and Names
 Erwin Rommel – German war hero who lead his in the
battles in North Africa. He was eventually put to death
because of his accusation of the attempt to assassinate
Hitler.
 Bernard Montgomery – Leader of the British forces in North
Africa who, with help from the United States was able to
defeat the Afrika Korps
 Dwight D. Eisenhower – Leader of the American forces in
North Africa who, with help from the Great Britian, was able
to defeat the Germans in Africa
Terms and Names Continued
 Battle of Stalingrad – A decisive battle of the Soviet front in
which Stalin and his troops surrounded the Germans in the
conquered city and let the freezing Russian winter do the
dirty work.
 D-Day – June 16, 1994 the day chose for the invasion of
Normandy. Went down in history as the greatest land and
sea attack in history
 Battle of the Bulge – The December 20th push by the
Germans through the weak American front lines in
Ardennes
 Kamikaze – Japanese suicide pilots
Section 16.4 Review Questions
 1. Describe the Battle of Stalingrad.
 2. What was the Invasion of Italy?
 3. What occurred on December 22, 1941
and why was it considered so important?
 4. What 2 options were taken into
consideration by President Truman to
decide how to force the Japanese into
surrendering?
 5. What was the North-African Campaign?