Good Morning!• Bell Ringer –

– Turn to page 926 and answer:• Which countries did Germany invade?• In what way was Germany’s geographic location an

advantage when it was on the offensive in the war?• What was the latest year of their significant advances?

– Turn to page 942 and answer:• In what year did Allied forces start pushing back against

the Axis?• Which European countries remained neutral during

WWII?• What seems to be the destination for most of the Allied

advances that took place in Europe during 1943-1944?

Chapter 32Section 4 “The Allied Victory”

Celebrating V-J Day in NYC

I. The Tide Turns on Two Fronts A. The Battle of Stalingrad – August 23, 1942

1. Nazi bombing raids left city in rubble

2. Russian winter set in a. German troops trapped w/ no

supplies b. German troops surrendered

February 2 c. Germans now on defensive –

turning point!

Battle of Stalingrad

B. Invasion of Italy 1. Allied forces landed on Sicily &

captured it 2. Mussolini toppled from power &

arrested 3. Italy surrendered on September 3,

1943 4. Germans seized northern Italy & put

Mussolini back in charge 5. fighting continued until May 1945 6. Mussolini found disguised as

German soldier

1. shot and body hanged in Milan

II. The Allied Home Fronts A. Mobilizing for War

1. United States a. factories produced wartime

supplies b. millions of workers, mostly

women, had jobs in war industries c. American gov’t rationed

scarce items d. war stamps & bonds to help

finance war B. Government propaganda helped raise support & money

Soviet Propaganda

USA Propaganda

Rosie the Riveter represented women workers in WWII

C. War Limits Civil Rights 1. Japanese-Americans

a. sent to internment camps b. some fought for U.S.

Japanese Americans arrivingat internment camps

Japanese Internment camp, Colorado

III. Victory in Europe A. The D-Day Invasion

1. General Eisenhower – commander

2. Operation Overlord3. British, American, French, &

Canadian troops fought on beach in Normandy 4. heavy losses, but Allies

successful

General Eisenhower and D-Day troops

D-Day Invasion

B. The Battle of the Bulge 1. Allied forces moved in from west &

Soviets from east 2. German tanks broke through

American defenses 3. Allies eventually pushed Germans

back

C. Germany’s Unconditional Surrender 1. April 1945 , Allies took Berlin 2. Hitler & wife committed suicide;

bodies burned 3. May 7, 1945 , General

Eisenhower accepted unconditional surrender of Third

Reich 4. President Franklin D. Roosevelt

died on April 12 5. May 9 – surrender officially

signed in Berlin a. V-E Day – Victory in Europe

Day

IV.Victory in the Pacific A. The Japanese Retreat

1. Allies returned to Philippines & defeated Japanese

2. Japanese planned to destroy American fleet a. kamikazes, or Japanese

suicide pilots, crashed bombed-filled planes into

American ships

Admiral Onishi, “Father of the Kamikaze”

3. March 1945, U.S. troops took island of Iwo Jima

4. April 1945, U.S. troops took island of Okinawa

B. The Japanese Surrender 1. atomic bomb, or A-bomb

a. top-secret, Manhattan Project

2. President Truman warned Japanese to surrender, but

no reply 3. August 6, 1945, a bomb was

dropped on Hiroshima Hiroshima

4. August 9, a bomb was dropped on Nagasaki

5. September 2, Japanese surrendered

Nagasaki

“Fat Man” – bomb dropped on Nagasaki

Daily Essential Questions

1.What caused Germany to surrender?

2.What brought about the Japanese surrender?

Creating WWII Propaganda• You will create your own WWII propaganda poster,

encouraging citizens of your country to support your war effort. You can choose to be from the USA, Britain, Soviet Union, Germany, Japan, etc.

• Your poster should be creative and colorful• Posters should include one or more of the following

themes:– Encouraging civilians to specific efforts, such as recycling,

working in a munitions factory, or buying war stamps and bonds

– Describing hardships faced in other allied nations– Describing the threat enemies posed to you at home– Calling for support of government leaders, soldiers, or the

war effort