Today Alex and Sam finished their presentation.
The battle of Iwo Jima-
The goal was to capture 2 airfields. The Americans won at the start. They captured Iwo Jima. There were a lot more deaths for Japan than the U.S.
Battle of Midway-
It was the most important naval battle.
Japan’s plan was to lure in the U.S. aircraft carriers and extend their defense perimeter
The U.S. knew that the attack was coming because they broke their code, so they set an ambush. The U.S. won.
Outcome of the war-
The U.S. dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Japanese surrendered on August 15, 1945. That is what ended WWII.
Japan needed a lot of resources so they started invading like China. That started Pearl Harbor and the U.S. declared war. Japan was doing well, then the Battle of Midway happened and the U.S. started winning. The U.S. started island hopping and taking over. Then the U.S. started dropping the atomic bombs on Japan and that is what ended the war.
-Africa and Operation Torch.
Then Chelsea did her part of the Africa presentation.
-Rommel was the German General. He joined the 124th Wurttenburg infantry regiment as a cadet in 1910 and served in WWI. He saw the combat in France, Romania, and Italy so he kind of knew how to fight. He died because he was involved in an assassination plot to kill Hitler. He committed suicide so he could go down as a good General and not a trader.
-Montgomery was the British General.
-U.S. General Pattton was known to carry pistols with ivory handles. He was very big on himself, all the generals were. Patton was really tough on his soldiers.
Italian/Mediterranean Front
-Sicily is and Italian Island.
-The Allied Generals.
-Dwight D. Eisenhower was a five star general.
-Harold Alexander was a british officer and fought in the invasion of Sicily.
-George Patton was the really tough guy that Chelsea talked about.
Axis Generals
-Benito Mussolini was the Italian General. He wanted the Mediterranean Sea to be Italian.
-Alfedo Guzzoni was another commander and he was the only one to remain loyal to Mussolini in the end.
Battles-
Invasion of Sicily-
They called it the mini Stalin grad? Cause it was so brutal and they lost a lot of lives.
Battle of the Atlantic-It was an all naval battle and they used a lot of U-boats and war ships.
-Battle of Ancona-Also a naval battle. Whoever had the strongest navy would just dominate and take over and Germany didn’t have a very good navy.
-Battle of Ontana?
Battle of Rome-This was very important because if they captured
Italian Campaign-
The German forces surrendered on May 2, 1945. The soldiers called themselves the D-Day Dodgers because they didn’t have to fight. The allies won against Germany and they wanted to attack Italy. They felt they weren’t strong enough so they invaded Sicily. They took over Sicily and started on Italy.
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