3.4 end of WW2

AGE 9. The Time of World Wars

3.4 The end of World War 2

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AGE 9. The Time of World Wars

3.4 The end of World War 2

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Roosevelt

president

USA

Hitler

Führer

Germany

Eisenhower

general

USA

Stalin

Leader

USSR

Truman

president

USA

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1944

ch 3.4: the end of WW2

Eastern Front: the Germans are in full retreat.

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Berlin

Stalingrad

Moscow

The Red Army pushes into Europe, towards Germany

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But Stalin has not been happy with his Western Allies

He demands that they open a "Second Front" soon.

We are

doing all the fighting.

We suffer

the most!

Why don't

the US and Britain

attack the Germans from the west?

Give them a two front war?

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Hmm, I don't

trust Stalin.

What's wrong with

Nazis and Communists killing each

other ?

Roosevelt and Churchill agree to a western invasion.

Preparations for Operation "Overlord" begin.

We must

help Stalin.

He's our

ally now!

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The Allies will then attack the French Atlantic Coast

The day of the invasion will be D-Day: Decision Day

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The Germans were building defenses along the entire Atlantic Coast

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They called it: the Atlantic Wall

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In charge of the Atlantic Wall was general Erwin Rommel

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