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Retaking Europe

Retaking Europe. Early Axis Dominance (1940-1942). In the Atlantic: Germans used submarine wolf packs to attack allied convoys and later attacked merchant ships off the American coast. In North Africa:

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Retaking Europe

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  1. Retaking Europe Early Axis Dominance (1940-1942) • In the Atlantic: • Germans used submarine wolf packs to attack allied convoys and later attacked merchant ships off the American coast. • In North Africa: • General Erwin Rommel won several battles in North Africa and threatened the Middle East.

  2. In the Soviet Union • German troops invaded as a part of Operation Barbarosa and gained control of substantial territory Turnaround: Allied Offensives (1942-1944) • In North Africa: • The Allies won a decisive victory at El Alamein, and by May of 1943 the Allies had the Axis forces in North Africa trapped. • In Italy: • Mussolini was ousted after the Allied invasion of Sicily; the Allies captured Rome after fighting at the Battle of Anzio; the struggle continued for many months before German troops surrendered.

  3. 6. In France: • On D-Day the Allies stormed the beaches of Normandy, and some two months later they liberated Paris. Victory in Europe • In Germany: • Germans defended their conquests and homeland against the Allies in the Battle of the Bulge, after which most Nazi leaders realized they had lost the war; Soviet troops advanced from the east and captured Berlin.

  4. Define/Identify each of the following 8. Atlantic Charter: Agreement between Churchill and FDR on the goals and guiding principles of the war. • Carpet Bombing: Technique in which large numbers of bombs were scattered over a large area. • D-Day: Code name for the day the Allied invasion of Western Europe began. • Battle of the Bulge: desperate but unsuccessful counterattack by German forces defending their border.

  5. C D C A B D B Chapter 18 Section 2 Quiz

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