the allied victory (ch. 16, sec. 4)
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The Allied Victory (Ch. 16, Sec. 4). How did the Allies gain control on both war fronts?. Allied Forces under Montgomery (British ) and Eisenhower (US) attacked German forces in Africa They defeated the Germans at El Alamein, & then crushed Rommel’s Afrika Korps (tanks) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Allied Victory(Ch. 16, Sec. 4)
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How did the Allies gain control on both war fronts?
• Allied Forces under Montgomery (British) and Eisenhower (US) attacked German forces in Africa
• They defeated the Germans at El Alamein, & then crushed Rommel’s Afrika Korps (tanks)
• Hitler began an attack on Stalingrad (Russia) with nightly bombing raids
• Despite heavy bombing by German Luftwaffe, the brutal winter saved a devastated Stalingrad
• The German army was forced to retreat
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How was the war effort supported at home (in the US)?
• In the US, factories were converted to wartime production (women filled in for men)
• Shortages of consumer goods led to rationing to support the war effort
• Some citizens contributed by buying war bonds and stamps to help finance the war
• And after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese living in the US were relocated to camps
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What events led to the surrender of Germany?
• The D-Day Invasion (1944) of Normandy cost heavy losses, but liberated France (Germany)
• Allies had set up a huge dummy army that appeared ready to attack Calais (seaport)
• The Germans later broke through a weak spot in the American defenses at Ardennes
• Known as the Battle of the Bulge, the Allies held & the Germans had to retreat to Berlin (where they finally surrendered)
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What events finally led to the surrender of Japan and an end to the war?
• When Japanese plan to defeat US failed (Leyte Gulf), they used kamikaze pilots on US ships
• The US then took the islands of Iwo Jima and Okinawa (350 miles from Japan)
• To save countless soldiers lives, the US dropped two atomic bombs on Japan (Hiroshima, Aug. 6th & Nagasaki 3 days later)
• Japan asked for an armistice on Aug. 14, 1945 and formally surrendered on Sept. 2, 1945
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Mushroom Cloud from Atomic Bomb
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Destruction Caused by Atomic Bomb