Section 4 Flashcards
What battle was the turning point of the Soviet Union?
Battle of Stalingrad
How did British general Monty get the Germans out of El Alamein?
He decided to do a massive frontal attack on Oct 23. The Allies took the axis by surprise, and Rommel and his troops fell back.
Operation Torch
An allied force with more than 100,000 troops landed in Morocco and Algeria. Led by Dwight d. Eisenhower, allies surrounded rommel’s army.
defeated rommel in may 1943
Battle of Stalingrad
began Aug. 23, 1942. nightly bombings turned city to rubble. Germans controlled Stalingrad, but winter came and germans surrendered to soviets
what event toppled mussolini from power?
The allies took over sicily and ,ussolini was arrested
What did the germans do when mussolini was arrested?
Germans seized control of northern Italy and put Mussolini back in charge
How did the US mobilize for total war?
factories started w\making war supplies, automobile factories made tanks, typewriter company mad bullets
Why did countries have to use rations?
factories were making wartime goods so many consumer goods were scarce
Why were Japanese americans go to relocation camps?
Americans considered them a threat to the country even though many o them were born in america
What was D-Day?
Dwight d. Eisenhower was general. the allies invaded normandy on June, 6 1944. They stormed the beach while Germans shot at them.
How did troops get off Normandy?
They broke a hole in the german defense and general george patton led the army to paris
Battle of the Bulge
hermans pushed allies back a little way in hope to be able to stay in the war but allies pushed them back and germans retreated
Germany’s surrender
Berlin was surrounded by soviet and other allied soldiers. Hitler commited suicide and on may 7, 1945 eisenhower accepted the surrender of the nazis
V-E day-victory in europe
The Battle of Leyte Gulf
The japanese tried to destroy the american fleet but they lost disasterously.
kamikazees
japanese suicide pilots
