THEALLIED

VICTORY

1. The Battle of El Alamein

•Forced Rommel & his troops to retreat Westward out of Egypt

•Forced Rommel & his troops to retreat Westward out of Egypt

2. Operation Torch

•Landed American troops in North Africa

•Crushed Rommel’s ‘Afrika Korps’

•Landed American troops in North Africa

•Crushed Rommel’s ‘Afrika Korps’

3. Battle of Stalingrad•Marks the farthest point East for German Expansion.

•USSR victory begins push westward back toward Germany

•Marks the farthest point East for German Expansion.

•USSR victory begins push westward back toward Germany

4. Invasion of Italy

•Allied conquest of Sicily

•Forced Italian surrender

•Allied conquest of Sicily

•Forced Italian surrender

5. Propaganda campaigns on home fronts

•Rallied people at home to “do their part”

•Rallied people at home to “do their part”

6. D-Day Invasion

•June 6, 1944•Led to the liberation of Nazi controlled countries in Western Europe

•June 6, 1944•Led to the liberation of Nazi controlled countries in Western Europe

7. Battle of the Bulge

• German Offensive forced allies to retreat.

• Allies stop the advance. Resulting in heavy losses for Hitler

• German Offensive forced allies to retreat.

• Allies stop the advance. Resulting in heavy losses for Hitler

8. Battle of Leyte Gulf

•Destroyed Japanese Navy @ the Philippines

•Destroyed Japanese Navy @ the Philippines

9. Battle of Okinawa•Part of ‘island hopping’•Heavy Japanese losses•Allies closer to invasion of Japanese mainland

•Part of ‘island hopping’•Heavy Japanese losses•Allies closer to invasion of Japanese mainland

10. Bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki•August 6, 1945 (8/9/45)

•Forced Japanese surrender

•August 6, 1945 (8/9/45)

•Forced Japanese surrender

HIROSHIMA8 / 6 / 45

NAGASAKI8 / 9 / 45