Chapter 24: World War II - MR. CHUNG U.S. History ...

[Pages:180]Chapter 24 OBJECTIVES: Chapter 24:1

o We will examine the war aims of both the allies and axis powers.

o We will examine the War in the Atlantic and what key incidents helped turn the tide to the allies.

o We will examine the battle of Stalingrad, the campaigns of North Africa and the invasion of Italy and its impact on the tide of the war.

o We will examine the turning point of the war in the pacific.

Jer_28:8 The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.

Chapter 24: World War II

? Although initially the Axis powers were winning.

? The Axis powers never had a coordinated strategy to defeat the allies.

? Germany, Italy, and Japan shared common enemies but nurtured individual dreams.

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? Hitler wanted to dominate Europe and eliminate "inferior" peoples.

? Mussolini harbored dreams of an Italian empire stretching from the Adriatic to East Africa.

? Tojo sought Japanese control of the Western Pacific and Asia.

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? Allies shared common unified goals. ? Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill considered

Germany the most dangerous enemy.

? Only Germany had the resources to bomb Britain, fight the U.S. and British navies on the Atlantic and invade the Soviet Union across a 1200 mile front.

? Thus, although their ultimate-goal was to fight and win a two-front war the allies agreed to pursue a "Europe-first" strategy.

? The Pacific would be secondary.

Turning the Tide in Europe

? The first blow America struck against the Axis was by fulfilling FDR's promise to be the "arsenal of democracy."

? American industries turned out millions of tons of guns, tanks, and other supplies.

? It was enough to keep the Soviets and British battling Germany for years.

? The problem was delivering the supplies.

Turning the Tide in Europe

? Hitler was determined to cut the sea lines between the U.S. and Europe.

? Wolf Packs of U-boat subs sunk more than 3,500 merchant ships killing tens of thousands in the Atlantic and the Caribbean.

? Finally in mid-1943, allies began to win the war in the North Atlantic as convoys of escort carriers protected allied shipping.

? A new invention, radar, helped allied vessels locate U-boats on the surface at night.

? Long range aerial bombers and underwater depth charges allowed allied forces to sink U-Boats faster than Germany could manufacture.

Soviets Turn back Nazis in Stalingrad

? The Nazis attacked Russia in 1941 sending one army north toward Leningrad, a second east toward Moscow, and a third south toward Stalingrad.

? Although Hitler's forces penetrated deep into Soviet territory inflicting heavy casualties, they did not achieve their main objective of conquering the Soviet Union.

? Soviet resistance and a brutal Russia winter stopped the German advance.

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