Download CPUSH Agenda for Unit 11.4

■ Essential Question:
–What role did the United States play in
fighting in Europe during World War II?
■ CPUSH Agenda for Unit 11.4:
–Clicker Questions
–“Fighting World War II” notes
From 1939 to 1942, the Axis Powers
dominated Europe, North Africa, & Asia
Germany used blitzkrieg tactics to
dominate Eastern & Western Europe
England was wounded
Hitler broke the
from German attacks in
Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression
the Battle of Britain
Pact & marched into Russia
(1940)
The German & Italian armies dominated
Northern Africa, threatened the Suez
Canal & the oil fields in the Middle East
Erwin Rommel, “The
Desert Fox”,
commanded the Axis
forces in Africa
General George Patton
commanded the Allied
forces (3rd Armor Division)
The Japanese dominated Asia, crippled
the U.S. navy after the Pearl Harbor attack,
& seized most Western colonies in the Pacific
However, U.S. entrance into the war in 1941 helped
the Allies turn the tide and defeat the Axis by 1945
FDR & Churchill agreed that defeating Hitler was
the top priority, but American troops would be
deployed to fight Japan at the same time
In 1943, “The Big Three” met at the Tehran
Conference to plan the D-Day invasion
Stalin
FDR
Churchill
To win in Europe, the
The Allies won the
U.S. had to secure the
Battle of the Atlantic by
trans-Atlantic supply lines
breaking Germany’s
against German submarines coded communications
American & British
troops invaded Italy,
took Sicily in 1943,
seized Rome in 1944
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By 1944, the Allies
decided to open a
Western Front by invading
Nazi-occupied France
Operation Overlord
(called D-Day) in June
1944 was the largest land
& sea attack in history
The Normandy invasion
was deadly, but the
Allied victory created
a Western Front…
The D-Day
invasion
landed on 5
beaches:
Utah, Omaha,
Gold, Juno
and Sword
America: Story of Us: D-Day
…and allowed the
At the same time, the Soviet
Allies to push towards
army pushed from the East
Germany from the West
Forced to fight a two-front war, By March 1945, the
Hitler ordered the last German Allies were fighting in
offensive of WWII at the
Germany & pushing
Battle of the Bulge...but lost
towards Berlin
In February 1945, the
Stalin agreed to send troops
“Big Three” met at the to help the U.S. invade Japan
Yalta Conference to
They agreed to allow selfcreate a plan for Europe determination (free elections)
after the war was over in nations freed from Nazi rule
They agreed to
divide & occupy
Germany after
the war
They agreed to
create & join a
United Nations
As the Allies pushed into Germany & Poland, troops
discovered & liberated concentration & death camps
Liberation of Nazi
Concentration Camps (2.16)
In April 1945, the Soviet
army captured Berlin
On April 30, 1945,
Hitler committed suicide
On May 9, 1945, the
German government
signed an unconditional
surrender to the Allies
The world celebrated
V-E Day (Victory in Europe)