War for Europe and North Africa

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War for Europe and North Africa

• Convoy System
• Battle of Stalingrad
• Operation Torch
• Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Omar Bradley
• George S. Patton
• Tuskegee Airman

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Battle of the Atlantic

• Hitler began to attack ships on the Atlantic to
  try to stop goods from getting to the allies
• wolf packs began to attack Allied ships
• Allies brought back the convoy system from WWI
• Ships carrying goods were surrounded by a group
  of military ships, submarines, and planes
• Traveled in large groups

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Battle of the Atlantic cont.

• Convoy system also included ships with sonar and
  radar
• U-boats were being destroyed faster than they
  could be replaced
• US was producing 140 liberty ships each month
• Not really well built, but easily replaceable
• Allies were winning the Battle of the Atlantic by
  mid-43

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Battle of Stalingrad

• Germans took the offensive in southern Soviet
  Union
• Wanted to wipe out Stalingrad
• Major industrial city
• Stalingrad was attacked for weeks
• Winter set in and the Soviets surrounded the
  mostly German controlled city

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Stalingrad cont.

• Soviets cut off German supply lines
• Hitler ordered his troops to stay and fight
• Germans surrendered Jan. 31, 1943
• Soviets lost 1,100,000 troops
• During the battle, Stalin wanted a second allied
  front opened up to take some of the pressure off
  of him

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Operation Torch

• Tried to take pressure off of Stalin
• Allies invaded North Africa
• Dwight Eisenhower commanded the Allied troops
• American General
• Would command the Allies in Europe for the rest
  of the war
• Gens. George S. Patton and Omar Bradley along
  with Field Marshal Montgomery defeated Rommells
  Afrika Korps

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Operation Torch cont.

• Following success in North Africa, the allies
  landed in Sicily and moved north into Italy
• Mussolini was forced in July 43 to resign and
  was beaten to death by his own people
• Allies got caught up just outside Rome
• Bloody Anzio
• Lasted 4 months
• 25,000 Allies dead
• 30,000 Axis dead

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Race War

• Tuskegee Airmen
• All black squadron fought with distinction in
  Sicily and Italy
• Thought to be too unintelligent to fly
• Japanese Americans also fought in Italy
• Were not allowed to fight in the Pacific
• 442nd Regimental Combat Team
• All 2nd gen. Japanese Americans
• Most decorated unit in U.S. History