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Battle of the Atlantic
-September 3, 1939 - May 8, 1945 -German U-boats attack Allied ships carrying cargo in Great Britain in the Atlantic in hopes to force Britain out of the war -American ships travel in convoys with destroyers and airplanes for protection -Radar and sonar used to detect U-boats to be destroyed -Germany replace U-boats fast enough -Allies gain control of the Atlantic -Winning was a turning point for the Allies -
Germany and Italy Declare War on the US
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Stalingrad
-23 August, 1942 - 2 February, 1943 -Hitler wanted control of oil fields in Russia and to wipe out Stalingrad, an industrial city -Bombs were dropped every night on Stalingrad, and most wooden building were destroyed -The Soviet Union took advantage of Winter, and attacked the Germans, turning the battle in their favor -Germans surrendered, leaving Russia in control of valuable resources -
Operation TORCH
-November 8, 1942 - May 1943 -Lead by General Dwight D. Eisenhower -Invasion of Axis-controlled North Africa -Opened a second front, Hitler would need to send troops away from the Soviet front to fight in Africa, which would help Stalin -Allied victory, boosts morale among troops, they were able to beat General Rommel, known by many as the Desert Fox -
D-Day
-Part of Operation OVERLORD, lead by Dwight D. Eisenhower -Allies' plan to invade France at Normandy and free Western Europe from Nazi control -Allies were well prepared with soldiers and supplies -Allied forces dropped behind German lines and arrived from ships, making this the largest land-sea-air operation in army history -Fighting lasted for many months, in the end, the Allies were able to free France, Belgium, and Luxembourg -Helped FDR win a fourth election -
Battle of the Bulge
-December 16, 1944 - January 25, 1945 -German tanks push through Allied lines, hoping to split American & British troops and cut-off Allied supplies -A desperate attempt by Nazi Germany to be on the offensive -Overall didn't make much of a difference to Allies, but Germans lost an irreplaceable amount of resources -
Buchenwald
-The American Army liberated starved prisoners from Buchenwald -The first major concentration camp to be liberated by Americans -
Roosevelt's Death
-Roosevelt died before V-E Day -Vice President Harry S. Truman became the 33rd President -
V-E Day
-American General Dwight D. Eisenhower accepts unconditional surrender from the Third Reich -About one week after Hitler committed suicide
