Allies Turn The Tide

Arsenal of Democracy

American industries turning out millions of guns, tanks and other supplies

Enough to keep Britain and Soviets battling Germany for years!

Wolf Packs – German U-boats that patrolled the Atlantic – sunk more than 3,500 ships – killing 10,000

Radar!

New invention – helped located Germans at night

Allies could sink U-boats faster than Germany to manufacture them

Battle of Stalingrad – true turning point for war in Europe (1942)

Hitler’s troops starved, sick, frostbitten surrendered January 31st, 1943

Ended Hitler’s dreams of dominating Europe

North Africa

British had been fighting Germans and Italians since 1940

General Dwight D Eisenhower – commanded allied invasion

1942 – British won a major victory at El Alamein in Egypt

Allies now land at Morocco and Algeria

Brutal fighting!

Eisenhower put George S Patton in charge of Americans in North Africa –”Blood and Guts”

May, 1943 - 240,000 German and Italian troops surrendered

Germany on the defensive

Unconditional Surrender – Only thing the Allies would accept

Giving up completely without any concessions

Allies now invade Italy – fighting continued until 1945

Taking Germany

Saturation bombing – Massive amounts of bombs on Germany – inflict most damage as possible

Strategic bombing – done in the day time – destroy Germany’s key political and industrial buildings

Allies pursued the Europe front first

Japanese advancing – took Phillippines, Malaya, East Dutch Indies, Hong Kong, Wake Island, Guam…

Turning Point!!!

Battle of Midway – May, 1943

Japan knew the US was still strong – wanted to destroy all American aircraft carriers in the Pacific

Focused on Midway – Naval base that was vital! Lose Midway, then we have go use California

What Japan didn’t know…

Allies knew the plan – Navy code breakers intercepted messages!

US dealt Japan a massive defeat!

Complete turning point in the war for Allies – Japan now on defensive as well

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