USA Goes to war-Europe

​By December of 1941...

• France had been taken over by Germany

• London and other cities in Great Britain were being bombed

• The Germans attacked the Soviet Union

  • Broke the Non-Aggression pact

  • Thought they could quickly take over USSR

• USA was still not at war, though they could not stay out forever

​USA Enters WWII

• Japan attacks Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941

  • Pearl Harbor is a Navy base in Hawaii

  • It was a complete surprise

• Around 2400 Americans die in the attack

• On December 8th, USA declares war against Japan

• On December 11th, Germany declares war on the US

• Germany

• Italy

• Japan

​Axis

• Great Britain

• U.S.A.

• U.S.S.R.

  • France

​Allies

USA in Europe

• USA in two front war with Japan and Germany

• USA decides to "get Germany first"

  • Defense in the Pacific against Japanese

• Great Britain wants USA to attack Africa

  • Germany trying to get oil there

• USSR wants USA to invade France

  • Take pressure off USSR soldiers

• USA decides to Invade Africa, then Italy

​The Tide Turns

• Germany attacks Stalingrad

  • Terrible mistake, costs many lives

• Soviet counteroffensive pushes Germans back in 1942

• Allies push Axis out of Africa

• Launch an invasion of Italy

  • Italians are defeated

  • Mussolini loses power

• Hitler starts to get scared

DDay-June 6th, 1944

• Largest sea Invasion in history

  • Over 4600 ships

  • Over 1 million troops

• Land in Normandy on coast of France

• Hitler didn't expect it there

  • Was tricked to think it would happen elsewhere

• France is liberated in August 1944

A Tragic event that we will discuss some more